Why AI Can (and Will) Be a Valuable Tool in the Clinician’s Toolbox
Michael Wells, president of OSF HealthCare’s Saint Francis Medical Center, says the technology, while still in its earlier stages in clinical care, offers opportunities for care teams to gather and process large amounts of data more quickly, helping to fine-tune nursing workflows and improve bedside care.
The Exec: New CMO Puts Premium on Health Equity
The hospital places a high priority on looking at data through a health equity lens. Srinivasan explains that health equity data gives leadership an opportunity to think outside the box and innovate with the patient population in mind.
How Hospital CEOs Are Reimagining Workforce Strategies
In the face of ongoing workforce shortages and rising labor costs, hospital CEOs are revamping their approach to designing and building teams. Whether it’s investing in education partnerships, strengthening nurse residencies, or responding to the evolving needs of younger generations, hospital leaders are thinking creatively about workforce sustainability.
Retention Through Education: Improving the Nurse Training Journey
Using a combination of real-life clinical site experience and simulation-based technology can help both the student and the faculty analyze the results of the teaching to identify gaps for further training.
The Exec: Anika Gardenhire Talks Transformation at Ardent Health
That idea of stickiness, of enticing a consumer to continue to visit Ardent Health and develop loyalty to the Nashville-based 30-hospital for-profit network, is quickly becoming a catchphrase for many healthcare organizations these days.
Why Are Home Health Agencies Ditching Telehealth?
Conducted between 2023 and 2024 of roughly 260 home health agencies, the study places blame for the drop-off on a lack of Medicare reimbursement, and raises questions about whether home-based care programs can support telehealth at a time when health systems and hospitals are moving more services to the home.
CNOs, Here’s How to Prepare for ICE Agents in Hospitals
Currently, health systems are required to allow ICE agents into general areas that are open to the public, such as lobbies, waiting areas, and other public areas. ICE agents can be barred from entering clearly distinguished and enforced private areas, such as treatment rooms, inpatient units, offices, and any space closed to the public.
New Rural Rotation Program Exposes Medical Residents to Rural Medicine
Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare, which includes a 484-bed academic medical center, is sending emergency medicine and psychiatry residents on a month-long rotation to Sanford Health Bemidji in northern Minnesota. The rural rotation is designed to give residents experience in living and working in a rural setting.
Is Your Organization Prepared for TEAM?
This mandatory model is intended to advance the CMS Innovation Center’s prior work on episode-based alternative payment models and will run for five years, ending in December 2030.
Survey: Physician Appointment Wait Times Surge 19% since 2022
On average, AMN’s 2025 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times found that it takes 31 days to schedule doctors’ appointments in 15 of the nation’s largest cities. That’s an increase of 19% (26 days) since 2022, and 48% (21 days) since 2004 in cities with the nation’s highest per capita concentrations of doctors.