Category: Press Release

In most healthcare systems, contracts dictate daily operations, including what is reimbursed, which supplies are approved, how vendors are held accountable for service levels, and what actions are taken when performance falls short. The problem is that many of those contractual terms still reside in PDFs, rather than being integrated into enterprise systems. According to […]

James Mack is returning to Gary, Ind.-based Methodist Hospitals as vice president and CFO after departing the system 20 years ago.  Mr. Mack served as controller at the hospital from 1987 until 2006, according to a Jan. 23 news release shared with Becker’s. He has served as president of finance at Chicago-based St. Anthony Hospital […]

Randa Perkins, MD, has been named chief health information officer of Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health. Dr. Perkins will oversee the health system’s efforts to use data and technology to improve care, outcomes and efficiency, according to a Dartmouth Health LinkedIn post. Before joining Dartmouth Health, Dr. Perkins was chief medical information officer and senior director […]

Chris Johnson, vice president of revenue cycle management at N.C.-based Atrium Health retired Jan. 3 after more than 46 years in the field, according to a post on his LinkedIn page.  Mr. Johnson served as Atrium’s vice president of revenue cycle management regional since April 2007. In that role, he oversaw the unified business office […]

Faced with staffing shortages, administrative strain and geographic barriers, rural hospitals are increasingly adopting AI to expand care access and ease pressure on front-line teams. Rather than pursuing large-scale tech overhauls, many are implementing lightweight, targeted tools that support documentation, scheduling and care coordination. A new American Hospital Association report released Jan. 26 highlights how […]

Kristin Gardner, DNP, RN, has been named chief nursing officer of OhioHealth Southeastern Medical Center. As CNO of the Cambridge, Ohio-based hospital, Dr. Gardner will lead nursing operations, with a focus on improving the quality of patient care, according to a Jan. 26 news release. She has 25 years of leadership experience at community hospitals. […]

Possible risk of autism in children. Dormant cancer cells awakening. Accelerating aging of the brain. Federal officials in May 2023 declared an end to the national covid pandemic. But more than two years later, a growing body of research continues to reveal information about the virus and its ability to cause harm long after initial […]

When Jeannine Urban went in for a checkup in November, she had her doctor’s full attention. Instead of typing on her computer keyboard during the exam, Urban’s primary care physician at the Penn Internal Medicine practice in Media, Pennsylvania, had an ambient artificial intelligence scribe take notes. At the end of the 30-minute visit, Urban’s […]

After Susannah Reed-McCullough’s husband died in 2018, she and their young daughters continued to receive health insurance through his job as a firefighter in Maryland. Then, in 2024, she got an unexpected medical bill: $377 for a checkup for one of her children the previous fall. Reed-McCullough said she called the doctor’s billing department and […]

As GLP-1 pills for weight loss enter the U.S. market, some pharmaceutical companies are testing the possibility of a gene therapy to stimulate GLP-1 production, The Washington Post reported Jan. 24.  GLP-1 medications, such as Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy and Zepbound, mimic a naturally occurring gut hormone to suppress appetite, promote a feeling of fullness, stimulate […]