Alan Condon

Since joining North Kansas City, Mo.-based NKC Health in 2021, Senior Vice President and CFO Austin Jones has steered the organization through a 40% growth in net patient service revenue and he’s not afraid to invest in areas many hospitals are abandoning.  One of those investments is labor and delivery…

Aurora Medical Center-Sheboygan County in Wisconsin plans to stop offering inpatient psychiatric care and convert those beds to medical and surgical beds beginning Sept. 19, according to Wisconsin Public Radio. In a statement shared with the news outlet, Aurora Health Care attributed the decision to increased demand for medical and…

Willows, Calif.-based Glenn Medical Center filed an Aug. 22 WARN notice for 225 employees after the hospital shared plans to close following CMS’ decision to revoke its critical access hospital designation on Oct. 21.  Jennifer Still, GMC hospital administrator, told Becker’s that the 225 layoffs include 150 full- and part-time…

Health systems continue to partner with Big Tech on AI and digital health projects. Here are 12 collaborations Becker’s reported on in the past month. 1. Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center said Aug. 26 it is planning to expand Microsoft’s DAX Copilot for AI-generated clinical documentation to inpatient providers…

Austin, Texas-based Oracle has added new capabilities to its electronic data capture platform, Clinical One Data Collection, to improve clinical trial efficiency and accelerate therapy development.  The enhancements include direct, AI-enabled integration between EHRs and Oracle’s platform, according to an Aug. 27 news release.  Researchers can now securely transfer data…

HHS and the Department of Education have called for immediate reforms to how nutrition education and training are implemented in U.S. medical schools as part of a sweeping initiative to tackle chronic disease and promote prevention-focused care. The initiative is part of President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F.…

A new online resource from the American College of Surgeons allows patients and physicians to locate hospitals that meet the group’s standards for high quality surgical care. The “Find a Hospital” tool enables users to search for facilities that the ACS has accredited or verified across one of 13 quality…

The healthcare industry is not taking action with respect to population and behavioral health at the level it should, according to Tim Robinson, CEO of Nationwide Children’s Hospital.  One area of population health investment at the Columbus, Ohio-based hospital has been housing, where it is nearing its 1,000th unit affected…

Cris Ross, who served as CIO of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic for more than a decade, has joined New York City-based Aegis Ventures as a venture partner, according to an Aug. 27 news release. Mr. Ross retired from Mayo Clinic in November 2024 after leading the health system’s $1.5 billion…

At Cleveland Clinic, patients are leaving their appointments with something new in hand: after-visit instructions drafted not by their physician, but by artificial intelligence. According to Cleveland Clinic, the system listens during the encounter, generates the physician’s note and creates a summary meant to help patients remember what was said.…