Laura Dyrda

Cincinnati Children’s CEO Dr. Steve Davis was an early believer in AI’s ability to transform healthcare. He had his team dive in early; his foresight and persistence paid off. “A couple of years ago, we actually required every one of our employees to take, what we called AI 101, which…

A growing share of emergency department visits in the U.S. are considered emergent, meaning they require immediate treatment, according to Vizient and Kaufman Hall’s latest “System of CARE” report, which tracks national trends in patient throughput, access, quality and cost efficiency.  The report, published Aug. 18, uses data from Vizient’s…

Mark Solazzo, executive vice president and COO of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, recently shared with Becker’s that after three decades with the 28-hospital health system, he will retire at the end of the year. Among his accomplishments, Mr. Solazzo is credited with driving a major cultural transformation at…

Many spine surgeons and patients have benefitted from outpatient migration when it comes to costs and outcomes, but the option for inpatient stays will always remain. Three spine surgeons discuss how their hospitals are facing shifting needs. Note: Responses were lightly edited. Question: Inpatient spine care will still be needed…

Spine robots have made significant advancements, and in recent months three hospitals began offering the technology for pediatric patients. In June, Ascension’s Dell Children’s Medical Center North Campus in Austin, Texas, became the first pediatric hospital in the world to perform spine surgeries with robotic assistance. The technology assists surgeons in complex…

President Donald Trump’s move to revoke Executive Order 14036, which focused on market competition, could bolster consolidation amid spine and orthopedic practices, Jason Sansone, MD, said. Executive Order 14036 was signed in 2021 under the Biden administration and had instructed federal agencies to take a more aggressive stance against consolidation across industries,…

Epic Systems and Oracle Health are making parallel moves to reshape the EHR market, each emphasizing AI as a centerpiece of their strategies At its annual User Group Meeting in Verona, Wis., Epic highlighted new AI capabilities designed to make patient interactions more intuitive. Among the tools introduced were an…

Epic formally welcomed 28 new health system customers this week at its annual Users Group meeting in Verona, Wis. Here are the U.S. health systems that have decided to switch to Epic over the past year, along with the EHRs they are replacing, according to the conference covered Aug. 19…

Two physician groups are suing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. over the stoppage of research grants administered by HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Here’s what to know: 1. The lawsuit was filed Aug. 21 by Society of General Internal Medicine and North American Primary Care Research Group…

Russian cybercriminals are targeting networking devices across critical infrastructure industries such as healthcare, the FBI said. The FBI detected hackers attributed to the Russian Federal Security Service collecting configurations for thousands of networking devices nearing the end of their life cycles and running an unpatched vulnerability in Cisco Smart Install,…