Health System Management

Canada launches Vital, a national hospital data platform backed by $210 million, starting with 160 hospitals

Canada's Vital platform will connect near real-time data from 160 hospitals in three provinces, backed by $210M in funding coordinated from Unity Health Toronto

Why hospitals must build emergency plans long before disaster strikes

When a disaster strikes a hospital, the margin for error is almost nonexistent. Patient care cannot pause, critical systems cannot go dark, and staff cannot afford to improvise under pressure. The difference between a facility that weathers an emergency and one that struggles through it often comes

Redesigning Finance from the Inside Out with Sham Firdausi

Santa Clara County's deputy CFO Sham Firdausi on redesigning public health finance, absorbing a $1B shortfall, and embedding finance into clinical operations.

Diagnosing Your Capital Asset Health: Why Asset Visibility Is the New Financial Imperative in Healthcare

Hospitals and surgery centers own millions of dollars in equipment — but owning assets and having actionable visibility into them are two different things. Most systems maintain inventories, yet many struggle with outdated records, fragmented tracking, and limited insight into useful life or service contracts. With nearly half of U.S. hospitals reporting negative operating…

Exploring the Intersection of Board Governance, Community Engagement and Creativity with Ann Margolin

Behind every city vote, hospital budget or zoning decision is a leader navigating tough, often conflicting priorities. Right now, public leaders are operating in an environment of rising healthcare costs, workforce shortages and heightened community expectations—especially within safety-net systems that collectively provide billions in uncompensated care each year. The stakes are real—they affect patients…

Technology Is Transforming Cardiovascular Care But Can Access Keep Up?

Cardiovascular care is entering one of its most transformative periods in decades. Advances in AI imaging and minimally invasive procedures are transforming the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 19.8 million people died from cardiovascular diseases in 2022, representing approximately 32% of all global deaths. This…

Simplifying the Complex: Actionable Systems Lead to Clarity, Confidence, and Success

Simplifying the complex has become a defining advantage in today’s professional world—whether you’re navigating Medicare, building a business, or pursuing professional growth. According to a 2024 PwC study, more than half of employees feel there is too much change happening at work all at once, and 44% don’t understand the reasons for the changes….

Transformation Without Disruption: How Access Healthcare Is Rewiring the Revenue Cycle with Agentic AI

Hospitals are juggling shrinking margins and rising costs while denial volumes remain stubbornly high. In the revenue cycle alone, hundreds of billions are lost annually to preventable errors and inefficiencies—in fact, Access Healthcare CEO Shaji Ravi cites more than $250 billion wasted each year. Meanwhile, payers have accelerated their use of AI to adjudicate…

HealthSearch Partners’ Neill Marshall and Kurt Mosley Urge New CEOs to Listen First, Diagnose Early, and Lead with Purpose in the First 90 Days

CEO turnover across U.S. hospitals is accelerating. Hospitals and health systems announced 146 CEO changes in 2023—a 42 percent increase over the 103 exits recorded in 2022, according to a Challenger, Gray & Christmas report. As more leaders transition into new roles, the importance of making a good first impression has intensified. The early…

Advancing Rehabilitative Care Through Global Practice Standards and Credentialing – Live from ICN

Broadcasting from the 2025 International Council of Nurses Congress in Helsinki, host Lea Sims welcomes two inspiring Jamaican nurses—Andrea Christie, MSc, BSN, ENLAC, RM, RN, JP, and Karlene Miller, RN—to discuss the vital but often overlooked specialty of rehabilitative nursing. With decades of combined experience in rehabilitation and midwifery, both guests offer an impassioned…

Old Systems are Creating Cybersecurity Challenges for Healthcare Orgs

Legacy infrastructure and budget constraints are leaving healthcare providers vulnerable to growing cyber threats as digital patient care expands

Cybersecurity Risks and Patient Risks are at a Crossroads as Tech Moves Rapidly

Healthcare systems face a critical tension between rapid tech adoption and protecting vulnerable patient information from evolving cyber threats

Continued Threats Require a Major Shift in Healthcare Cybersecurity Risk Perception

Healthcare leaders are realizing that outdated security approaches leave patient care dangerously exposed to evolving threats

Mastering Revenue Cycle Management: The Key to Thriving in Dallas-Fort Worth’s Healthcare Boom

Healthcare leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth are discovering that optimized revenue cycles unlock competitive advantage in one of the nation's fastest-growing medica

Healthcare Solutions

Technology is quietly reshaping how patients navigate and experience modern healthcare facilities

Amanda Hausmann: Can you share examples of successful outcomes that resulted from implementing or updating your contracting policies in your health system?

One systematic contracting approach lifted compliance from 70% to 99% across a multi-hospital health system

2023 Education Series: What are the Causes of Contract Invisibility?

Healthcare organizations struggle to track contracts when oversight gaps, outdated processes, and fragmented systems prevent visibility across their entire port

Disrupting Health: Managing Prescription Health

AI-powered robotics are helping pharmacies solve one of healthcare's biggest compliance challenges at the point of care