Strategic Planning

Federal budget cuts mean hard choices for states, but there’s a path forward beyond scarcity or sacrifice, says Verlon Johnson, chief strategy officer at Acentra Health.

Evernorth said the goal is to enhance continuity of care across specialty healthcare settings.

Mike Motz is replacing Tim Wentworth as CEO of Walgreens.

In the discussion of build vs buy, organizations should take advantage of applications by vendors that are ready to go and determine whether they have in-house expertise, says Yesha Patel, data scientist at Keck Medicine of USC.

The system also cited "an unprecedented and unexpected surge" in charity care costs that now exceed $1M a day.

In rural markets, the biggest factors hindering cybersecurity efforts are resource allocation and expertise, says DRH Health VP and COO Roger Neal.

This forecast comes as more employees use GLP-1s for obesity, receive cancer diagnoses and use mental health services.

Execs are ready for enterprise scale adoption to embed AI into workflows and demonstrate true ROI, says Carolyn Magill, venture partner at Define Ventures.

Know what journey to pursue, set the ambition, establish ethics and governance, conduct opportunity identification and be clear on objectives and enablements, to harness AI's value, says Children's Hospital of Philadelphia CDAO Dr. Hojjat Salmasian.

Both companies were required by the DOJ to divest more than 160 businesses across 19 states to allow the deal to continue.