Strategic Planning

Margin improvement, MA member retention doable, as is top quartile star rating results in 2028, company says.

Underlying shifts in payer mix resulting from the changes in the exchanges were generally in line with expectations, CEO Sam Hazen said.

Rad AI CIO Demetri Giannikopoulos recommends that new AI tools be tested and monitored in sandbox environments before clinical deployment.

The investment is part of a broader strategy for Hartford Hospital to be a destination for research, teaching, innovation and clinical discovery, CEO says.

Rather than focusing on placing fixed assets in rooms, hospital leaders must create modular spaces that can adapt and change over time as new technologies are developed, says Sarah Hatchett, Cleveland Clinic CIO.

The goal is to streamline the time for payers to approve prior authorizations, for patients to get their care and for providers to get paid, says Lalithya Yerramilli, SVP of Payment Solutions for Cohere Health.

David Lareau, Medicomp Systems CEO, explains that deterministic, rules-based AI models can validate the probabilistic, often inconsistent outputs that LLMs deliver to avoid errors in clinical documentation.

As global healthcare leaders develop new ways of using AI, HIMSS helps assess which techniques are working and translates them into best practices so that smaller organizations can learn from them, explains HIMSS' Robert Havasy.

In June, Baptist Health will also acquire South Arkansas Regional Hospital after being approached by the hospital.

According to Davenport University's Joseph Brown, closer collaboration between healthcare IT and education, including instruction by industry professionals, is key to preparing graduates for the job market.