Patient trust in healthcare has fallen sharply — only 24% of Americans now believe providers prioritize care over profits, down from 77% in December 2021. For a growing share of patients, that judgment is forming online, before they ever schedule…
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Imagine a revenue cycle where likely denials are flagged and corrected before the claim ever leaves the building — where downstream issues are resolved without landing in a manual work queue, and where every transaction processed makes the system smarter…
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Heat-related heart disease is projected to rise by 200% by 2050, researchers from Cleveland-based Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center found. The study, published May 27 in JAMA Cardiology, created the projections…
As care delivery for rare cardiac diseases evolves, many health systems are working to establish more programmatic, systemwide approaches to recognition, diagnosis and management. But fragmentation across clinical decision pathways remains a persistent challenge. A December 2025 Becker’s Healthcare survey,…
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Four cardiac device safety actions landed on the FDA’s recall and early alert list in May, including a third Class I correction tied to Boston Scientific’s ongoing pacemaker battery issue and two separate Abiomed Impella alerts. On the innovation side,…
Operations leaders see the promise of AI in credentialing — faster onboarding, lower administrative burden, accelerated time to revenue. They also see the risk: AI doesn’t absorb liability. Healthcare organizations do. NCQA standards still require human oversight for committee review,…
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Cancer care now stretches beyond the four walls of the hospital. Patients want infusions closer to home. Multi-state systems are balancing enterprise consistency with local nuance. Coordination across settings is becoming the make-or-break capability. This editorial briefing captures the forces…
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An experimental gene-editing treatment dramatically lowered cholesterol levels — maybe permanently — after one infusion, a preliminary study found. The study, published May 25 in The New England Journal of Medicine, gave 35 patients six doses of VERVE-102, an investigational…
The growing demand for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement in adults younger than 65 may have greater risk for more complicated heart surgeries later, according to a University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medicine study. The study, published April 13 in The…
Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health performed three heart transplants on the same day and a fourth the following day in a system record. Heart surgeons were notified of the first donor heart at 9:30 p.m. on a Thursday, then the second…
