Virtual nursing was tied to a 72% relative drop in 30-day ED readmissions in a UNC study of nine hospitals: 3.7% returned, versus 13.3% for in-person care.

S&P Global Ratings’ preliminary 2025 medians show nonprofit hospitals and health systems posting positive but still-thin operating margins, stronger debt-service coverage and growing reserves, with ...

Crystal Broj, MUSC's enterprise chief digital transformation officer, on why AI agents will be on the org chart and governance challenges.

Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health named Jennifer Loesch, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer for the North Division. In this role, she will oversee and enhance nursing strategy, operations, patient care, ...

A total of 536 hospitals in the U.S. have a Clostridioides difficile infection rate of zero, based on the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS. Measures are developed by the CDC and ...

Rural healthcare leaders are turning resource limits into a sharper lens for technology investment. As federal initiatives like the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program infuse rural health ...

Oak Park, Ill.-based West Suburban Medical Center completely closed June 11 after the building’s final functioning elevator broke down and forced a dialysis clinic and PCC Community Wellness Center to ...

Many health systems have added operational technologies over the past several years. Yet for some leaders, it’s not clear these tools have made the work simpler — or that they’ve resolved the ...

Healthcare leaders are making generational decisions about rural care delivery, financial resilience, primary care economics, AI governance and patient safety. Organizations are testing models, ...

CMS published a final rule June 12 to increase oversight of the nine accrediting organizations that survey more than 9,000 healthcare organizations annually for compliance with federal health and ...

Nvidia Aetna Cigna Eli partnerships expand Abridge's AI platform for clinical documentation, real-time claims, and evidence-based care.

CMS floats permanent status for Medicare drug price negotiations, proposing codified rules to secure savings and expand drug selections from 2029 onward.