Strategic Planning

CEO David Joyner put much of the onus on the poor performance on elevated utilization coming out of the pandemic.

When hit, all hospital functions are severely impaired, including clinical care delivery, which can result in patient deaths, says Eric Liederman, CEO of CybersolutionsMD and former national leader of privacy, security and IT infrastructure at Kaiser Permanente.  

The AHA says the final rule only worsens the problem of "sustained and substantial underpayment" of hospitals.

Passwords don't need to be changed as often as every 90 days, but multifactor authentication is a must, says Jonathan Bauer, CIO Atlantic General Hospital Health System.  

Using AI to extract data is one of the more promising areas of cybersecurity, says Darren Lacey, CISO at Johns Hopkins.  

It's important for chief AI officers to have a strong sense of the regulatory environment and the skills to align AI investments to the company's business strategy, says Dennis Chornenky, UC Davis Health's AI chief.  

However, health systems didn't fare as well, seeing operating margins drop for a third consecutive month in September.

The revenue is a year-over-year increase from Q3 2023, during which the insurer's revenue capped at about $25.4 billion.

Winners will be those who get and act on clinical data before patients get sick - and that’s a huge IT lift, says Dr. Don Rucker, former ONC head and current chief strategy officer of 1upHealth.

Core concern of labor and supply inflation are growing at a faster rate than payment and workforce issues haven't gone away, CFO says.