Vedant Bhosale

Sweeping policy changes are reshaping reimbursement and funding, putting unprecedented pressure on operating margins. Hospitals can no longer afford inefficiency in how they manage costly assets like operating rooms, staffed beds or infusion chairs. The stakes are high: patient access, financial stability, and community trust all hang in the balance.…

Health system leaders are evaluating what new AI tools their organizations should integrate into their Epic EHRs, following several announcements at Epic’s annual User Group Meeting in Verona, Wis. Epic unveiled a range of new features designed to enhance clinical, administrative, and patient experiences. Available now are tools such as…

The 2022 merger of Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health, then dually based in Downers Grove, Ill., and Milwaukee, created one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country in Advocate Health.  “We are poised to push past traditional geographic and care delivery boundaries to create a…

Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare has appointed Kay Yoon-Flannery, DO, as chief of women’s oncology at the AtlantiCare Cancer Care Institute in Egg Harbor Township, N.J.. She will lead alignment of breast, gynecologic and genetic cancer services across the system, according to a Sept. 8 news release. Dr. Yoon-Flannery previously served…

Rachel Kemp, DNP, MSN, has been named chief nursing officer of Singing River Health System in Ocean Springs, Miss. Dr. Kemp joins the system from Memphis, Tenn.-based Regional One Health, where she served as vice president of patient care services. Under her tenure, the level 1 trauma center saw a…

Froedtert South and Carthage College, both based in Kenosha, Wis., have partnered to expand the health system’s workforce. The organizations are offering fully funded certified nurse aide training and guaranteed employment for program graduates, according to a Sept. 5 joint news release. The Duncan Family CNA Program Scholarship covers the…

Ronette Wiley, BSN, RN, COO of Arnot Health and Centralus Health, has taken on an expanded role as president of Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, N.Y. Ms. Wiley began the role Aug. 31, succeeding Jonathan Lawrence, who retired, according to a Sept. 5 health system news release. In her…

Jessica Bartell, MD, has spent her career navigating the payer and provider sides of healthcare, along with time in health IT. That breadth of experience taught her that transformation requires more than just good intentions. “What I learned over time is that one must align all the different change levers…

West Plains, Mo.-based Ozarks Healthcare will roll out digital preregistration and health forms for patients beginning Sept. 15.  The system serves more than 160,000 residents across an eight-county region in south-central Missouri and northern Arkansas. Its 114-bed hospital and affiliated clinics will be part of the rollout. Patients will be…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order modifying the scope of tariffs for certain imports, including pharmaceuticals, yet some of the proposed changes are dependent on the U.S. reaching broader trade agreements, according to the White House..  Here are five notes:  President Trump added pharmaceuticals undergoing pending Section 232 investigations…