Healthcare Management

FDA clears UpDoc's LLM diabetes app, grants Aidoc breakthrough status as clinical AI crosses new regulatory thresholds

UpDoc gets FDA clearance for an LLM-driven diabetes management app; Aidoc earns breakthrough device status for AI-drafted radiology reports.

Healthcare AI deployments stall on data quality, not model performance

Hospital CIOs moving from AI pilots to enterprise scale are hitting the same wall: fragmented, poorly governed data, not the models themselves.

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

Digital health enters a recalibration phase as ROI pressure reshapes procurement and AI workflows

Holland & Knight's mid-2026 healthcare trend report flags a sector-wide shift toward measurable outcomes, tighter AI governance, and chronic disease management.

Healthcare Supply Chain Has a Board-Level Governance Problem.

90% of healthcare supply chain professionals say supply chain is a top-three financial lever. 83% say boards review it less than quarterly. That gap is not a communication problem. It is a structural one, and a procurement wave is already forming around it.

How Do You Work Around Hospital Operations?

Hospitals never stop operating. Patients still need care, medical staff need access to every part of the facility, and critical services can't pause while restoration or renovation work is underway. That means every project begins with one goal: complete the work while minimizing disruption to daily

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

At the Center of Care: How Specialty Pharmacy Aligns Patients, Providers, and Payers

As healthcare costs continue to rise, more patients are finding themselves navigating not just illness, but the growing complexity of paying for treatment. Specialty pharmacy sits right at the center of that challenge—often out of sight, but increasingly essential to how modern care actually works. These high-cost, high-touch therapies now make up more than…

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.

The Healthcare Talent Fix: Build Pipelines Early, Use Data, and Get the Experience Right

There’s a growing tension inside healthcare right now—between the people leaving the workforce and the patients still arriving every day. It’s a dynamic that leaders can no longer afford to ignore. The numbers make that clear: the Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the U.S. could be short of as many as 86,000 physicians…

Unlocking CensisAI²: The Metrics That Matter for Smarter SPD Decisions

Sterile processing departments are swimming in data, from workflow automation and supply data to patient outcome and quality metrics. But the real challenge is not collecting more information; it is knowing which metrics actually improve SPD performance, technician education, OR readiness and patient safety. For Censis, a leader in surgical asset management, the focus…

From Denial to Access: Rethinking Oncology Care Through AI, Clinical Trials, and Patient-Centered Innovation

The rapid expansion of precision medicine, biologics, and targeted cancer therapies is transforming oncology—but it’s also overwhelming a system not built to keep pace. In the U.S., cancer drugs now account for some of the highest-cost treatments in healthcare, and with that has come a surge in prior authorization requirements and denials. Studies suggest physicians…

Turning Denial Data Into Action: How Healthcare Organizations Can Fight Back Against Payer Denials

Healthcare providers across the U.S. are facing a growing wave of claim denials that is putting pressure on already strained hospital finances. Industry research from the American Hospital Association shows that nearly 15% of medical claims submitted to private payers are initially denied, forcing hospitals and health systems to spend about $19.7 billion annually attempting…

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…

Censis’ Final Check Uses Computer Vision to Eliminate Tray Errors Before They Reach the OR

Artificial intelligence used to live in strategy decks and conference keynotes—but now it’s showing up in a very different place: right on the assembly tables where SPD technicians build trays for the next case. And it’s arriving at a time when the pressure on sterile processing has never been higher. As surgical volumes climb and…

CooperVision Launches MiSight® 1 day in Japan; Becomes First Myopia Control Contact Lens in Leading Vision Care Market

CooperVision Strengthens Global Footprint with Expanded Access to Myopia Management in Asia-Pacific

AI in Sterile Processing Is Proving Its Value by Acting as a Co-Pilot, Not a Replacement

Sterile processing departments are dealing with persistent operational pressures. Surgical case volumes are rising, instruments are more complex, and staffing shortages remain across many health systems. Accuracy and documentation requirements continue to tighten, leaving little room for error. In busy hospitals, sterile processing teams may handle 10,000 to 30,000 surgical instruments per day, with…

How Predictive AI Is Helping Hospitals Anticipate Admissions and Optimize Emergency Department Throughput

Emergency departments across the U.S. are under unprecedented strain, with overcrowding, staffing shortages, and inpatient bed constraints converging into a throughput crisis. The American Hospital Association reports that hospital capacity and workforce growth have lagged, intensifying delays from arrival to disposition. At the same time, advances in artificial intelligence are moving from experimental to operational—raising…

Getting SPD Teams to the Table: Why Sterile Processing Deserves a Central Role in Surgical Planning and Operations

Sterile Processing Departments (SPDs) remain the backbone of safe surgical care, yet across the country, they’re still routinely left out of early decision-making around products, construction, staffing, and case planning. As hospitals juggle tighter margins, higher patient acuity, and growing procedural demands, the consequences of excluding SPD voices become unmistakably real—showing up in daily…

ROI Case Study

Denials are no longer a slow leak in the revenue cycle—they’re a fast-moving, rule-shifting game controlled by payers, and hospitals that don’t model denial patterns in real time end up budgeting around losses they could have prevented. PayerWatch’s four-digit, client-verified ROI in 2024 shows what happens when a hospital stops reacting claim by…

Running Toward Progress: How Personify Health and Beyond Health Aim to Rewire Member Experience and Cost Control

In a year when employer health costs keep climbing and expectations are “at an all-time high” heading into 2026, Personify Health and Beyond Health are betting on a tighter fusion of data, advocacy, and payment integrity to change the trajectory. Personify reports engagement levels north of 50%, with members touching its platform 19…

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…

Elevating the Standards Together: What We Are Looking Forward to at CtUC 2025

The sterile processing industry stands at a pivotal moment. With surgical case volumes rising while departmental resources remaining flat, the pressure to “do more with less” has never been greater. Nowadays, sterile processing departments (SPDs) are struggling with high staff turnover and growing compliance requirements. And while these regulations are designed to improve patient…

What It Takes to Restore a Tornado-Damaged Clinic

When a tornado tore through Oklahoma City in April, BMS CAT was already on-site before many businesses even realized the extent of the tornado damage—including Valor Physical Therapy. Thanks to an existing relationship with Valor’s affiliated hospital, the BMS CAT team was positioned to respond quickly. “We were actually on scene before they knew…

Improving Employee Engagement Through CAREmunication — A Conversation with Burl Stamp

With the healthcare landscape seeing many evolving changes, employee engagement is no longer just a buzzword — it’s now a business imperative. Amid rising turnover and persistent staffing shortages, organizations are under pressure to build resilient, engaged teams. According to Gallup, 70% of the variance in team engagement is tied to one factor: the…

What Changed Because of Purpose Factory

Building a profitable company often comes down to one unglamorous but crucial skill: knowing exactly where your time is going. In the fast-moving world of financial services and startups, it’s easy to confuse growth with health—until cash flow realities expose the difference. Many founders are forced to confront whether their energy is spent building value…

SHMS Optimizes Operations for Medicare Advantage Plan Operators in the Healthcare Payer Enterprise

Enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans is projected to reach about 35.7 million, according to a 2025 Senate Finance Committee report. Yet, many startup and midsize organizations face steep technical and regulatory hurdles when launching or scaling operations. As part of the broader healthcare payer enterprise landscape, these plans must manage compliance, claims adjudication, risk adjustment,…