Becker's Cardiology

Health systems are pouring investment into AI, but most still can’t vouch for the data underneath it. A recent federal data brief found roughly one in five hospitals don’t know whether their predictive AI models have been evaluated for bias.…

The physician shortage is a systemic challenge with far-reaching implications for both patients and health system performance. Organizations that still manage physician capacity reactively absorb compounding costs: coverage scrambles, credentialing delays, lost procedural revenue and the slow erosion of physician…

Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions remain one of the largest cost drivers for commercial populations, yet many digital health vendors rely primarily on self-reported outcomes to demonstrate value. This new study takes a different approach. Instead of surveys, it examines what appears…

Finance leaders track base salary closely. But base salary is barely half of what a revenue cycle team actually costs. Benefits, payroll taxes, recruiting, onboarding, management overhead and attrition push the fully loaded cost of an RCM role to between…

Many hospitals and health systems scrutinize staffing, service lines, and payer contracts for savings. Fewer look at one of their largest assets: real estate. Provider real estate portfolios often hold untapped value: vacant space, redundant leases, misaligned capital structures, and…

Capital dollars lose value the longer approved projects sit idle. Nearly 40% of healthcare organizations take more than 12 months to move a project from plan into execution, and many stall 9 to 10 months after approval, while emergency repairs…