How LifePoint Health Is Combating Nursing Workforce Challenges with Scalability in 2026
While CNOs try to build a more sustainable workforce, tightening budgets are putting more strain on health systems and higher costs of education are making it harder for people to become nurses or to advance their nursing careers.
5 Predictions for Healthcare AI in 2026
Hartford HealthCare’s Barry Stein says healthcare leaders need to see AI as part of an ecosystem. And it will only work in healthcare if it all the right safeguards are in place.
The Exec: Chief Clinical Officer Shares Keys to Clinical Integration Success
Peter Paige, chief clinical officer of Westchester Medical Center Health Network, says three factors drive successful clinical integration initiatives: inclusion, best practices, and explaining why clinical integration promotes patient-centric care and establishes a health system as a unified organization rather than a disparate collection of care sites.
Utah OKs Prescription Refills by AI
Utah officials announced on Tuesday a partnership with AI health platform Doctronic to enable patients living with chronic conditions to use the platform to refill prescriptions. Utah becomes the first state to test the technology for prescribing and the latest example of a state talking the lead in forging AI policy.
Investing in Nurse Wellbeing: An Essential C-Suite Partnership
Nurses are the backbone of the healthcare system, and prioritizing nurse mental health and wellness results in lower turnover rates and increased cost savings.
How to Measure the Value and ROI of AI Tools in Clinical Care
Allina Health has determined that clinicians who use an AI scribe maintain their hours providing direct patient care, which is also known as full-time equivalent (FTE) performance. Clinicians at the health system who do not use an AI scribe tend to have a higher burnout rate, which is associated with lower FTE performance.
Providence’s CIO Looks for Humanity in Healthcare Innovation
Goswami sees today’s tech trends, from AI to virtual care to digital health, as having the potential to bring humanity back to healthcare. But these new tools have to work for both patients and providers, bringing them face-to-face rather than shunting them onto different pathways.
UW Health Study Shows Value of AI Scribes for Clinicians and Health Systems
Ambient listening tools, which are also known as AI scribes, record an encounter between a clinician and a patient, then produce a clinical documentation note for the EHR that can be used to craft care plans and provide information for billing claims sent to payers.
How Can We Justify AI’s Cost?
The industry’s struggle to control rampant costs is forcing executives to dig more deeply into their technology spending habits – especially where and how much they want to invest in AI. And that’s forcing them to confront different definitions of ROI.
Facilities Managers on the Frontlines Protecting Healthcare Workers
Personal safety isn’t the only consequence—workplace violence is also threatening retention. Nearly two in five healthcare workers have considered leaving their jobs due to safety concerns with almost half likely to leave in the next 12 months.