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At the kidney care provider, congestive heart failure patients receive more than a dozen supportive calls and messages, on average, in the first 30 days, post-hospitalization. That outreach has helped drive down 90-day readmission rates to under 25%.

By agreeing to be acquired by Patient Square Capital, the healthcare improvement company hopes the new ownership structure will offer it the flexibility it needs to accelerate its IT investments and expand its services for health systems.

With updated CMS billing codes and reimbursement eligibility, remote patient monitoring is fast becoming a standard of care for management of chronic conditions. A remote care CEO offers a closer look at one provider's positive outcomes.

Patients in the largely rural pediatric population now have a better office experience and more personalized treatment with artificial intelligence, says VCH's physician informatics director.

Combining EHR data with clinical AI is giving hospitals a new edge.

Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center has introduced closed-loop processes that have reduced medication errors and increased utilisation rates.

"It's a myth that providers are against new tools and technology," says Thomas Osborne, CMO at Microsoft.

As are proof of effectiveness, transparent models and reliable data, says Scott V. Anderson, pharmacy informatics and technology liaison at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. He digs into these topics and much more.

Nearly seven in 10 hospitals were using predictive artificial intelligence in 2024, with a surge in the use of third-party or self-developed automated billing, the agency says. Also, hospitals slower to adopt AI are lower-resourced, suggesting a divide.

A deep dive into where these technologies may be headed – and challenges healthcare organizations must overcome – from Michael Orlando, corporate and IP transactions attorney at Sheppard Mullin and a member of the firm's digital health team.