WellStreet Urgent Care’s national consumer research found that nearly three out of four ED visitors knew before they walked in that they didn’t need emergency care. This report examines how WellStreet and a health system partner turned that insight into…
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Creating healthcare access is not about “squeezing the existing structure,” rather, it requires flipping the script on what access looks like, according to Jefferson Health President Baligh Yehia, MD. Jefferson Health is a Philadelphia-based, 33-hospital system with a lofty goal. “When…
For decades, a cancer patient’s access to cutting-edge therapies has been largely delimited by their proximity to an academic medical center. Recent advancements in clinical trial decentralization have begun to loosen that restriction. Between 2018 and 2019, HHS implemented a…
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has enacted more than $1 trillion in Medicaid reductions over the next decade. As reimbursement tightens and patients arrive later with more advanced conditions, the cost of preventable, non-reimbursable infections is climbing. Waterborne pathogens…
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David Pierre
Director of Water Safety Programs LiquiTech ASSE 12080 Certified Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist
Jack Murphy
Vice President, Technology Solutions LiquiTech ASSE 12080 Certified Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist
Liver cancer cases are expected to rise dramatically, primarily driven by metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, a recent study found. The study, published March 31 in Portal Hypertension & Cirrhosis, analyzed data from global cancer databases including GLOBOCAN 2022 and…
Healthcare organizations are moving fast on AI — but many are hitting a more fundamental obstacle: their data is not ready to support it. Fragmented records, interoperability gaps and unreliable pipelines mean AI results can be inconsistent, hard to trust…
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Julie Smith
Romil Chadha
Emily Webber
Conrad Gleber
Albert Villarin MD MBA FACEP
For a growing share of members, the care journey now begins not with a nurse line or portal, but with AI. Conversational tools are stepping in before a clinician is involved, guiding symptom interpretation and next-step decisions. While this shift…
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Rachel French
Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer, MD Live by Evernorth
Two systems were recognized by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists in this year’s BeRAD Professionalism Award. The award recognizes health systems, hospitals, imaging centers, clinics and other facilities where medical imaging technologists and radiation therapists demonstrate a culture of…
Baltimore-based University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center received a $5.5 million donation to advance scientific research and cancer care. This gift comes from the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Family Foundation, according to an April 13 system news release. It…
WVU Medicine Princeton (W.Va.) Community Hospital has taken the first step toward building a $35 million comprehensive cancer center. The system demolished a former laundry facility to make way for the new 45,500-square-foot center, according to an April 7 news…
