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From Evaluation to Enterprise Value: How Health Systems Choose, Measure, and Expand Clinical AI

As clinical AI moves from isolated deployments to enterprise infrastructure, health system leaders face a more consequential question: which technologies deliver meaningful value today while continuing to evolve with the needs of the enterprise? Health systems must assess whether the…

Sep 29, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Stephon Proctor, Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Jill Reeves, Vice President of Quality, Baylor Scott & White
Nadim Ilbawi, MD, Vice President, Clinical Success & Strategy, Abridge

WVU Medicine cut hospitalist queries 30% while severity capture improved

Query volume and documentation accuracy are supposed to move together. At one West Virginia University Health System hospital, they moved in opposite directions: hospitalist queries fell 30% in 2025 compared with 2024, while severity capture improved. That happened because WVU…

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The trade-offs behind young physicians' 1st job choice

For physicians just entering practice, the choice between private practice and hospital employment can come down to a trade-off between autonomy and financial certainty, according to Eric Taris, MD, a hand surgeon who joined Appalachian Orthopedics in Johnson City, Tenn.,…

5 ASC lessons for cardiology groups

Cardiology is expanding increasingly into ASCs as CMS policy updates, advancements in cardiovascular innovation and population health concerns necessitate more access to outpatient cardiology procedures. Mitesh Amin, MD, CEO of AlignedCardio, a Richmond, Va.-based cardiovascular group formed through a partnership…

Beth Israel hospital to build ambulatory care center as patient volume doubles

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham (Mass.) is developing plans for an additional ambulatory care building after patient volume doubled in the last 10 years, the Boston Business Journal reported Sept. 1. Hospital officials told the Needham Planning Board the hospital is…

Mount Sinai opens multispecialty ASC

New York City Mount Sinai Health System has opened Peakpoint Central Nassau Surgery Center in Carle Place, N.Y., a joint venture with Ridgefield, Conn.-based Merritt Healthcare and a group of its surgeons. According to a Sept. 1 news release, the…

UPMC begins construction on specialty care complex

Pittsburgh-based UPMC began construction on a specialty care complex in Butler, Pa., that is expected to open in early 2027. Plans for the location include specialty physician services, expanded diagnostic imaging and surgical offerings through strategic partnerships, according to an…

Where ASCs draw the line on spine surgery

Spine surgery is moving outpatient quickly, but the hospital is not disappearing from the equation. Lumbar fusions, cervical disc replacements and endoscopic procedures that once routinely required hospitalization are increasingly being performed in ASCs. The harder question now is where…

4 hospital, health system layoffs in August

Here are four hospitals and health systems that laid off employees in the month of August, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital shared plans to lay off nine employees as part of a broader financial recovery plan aimed…

Physician compensation by practice setting

Single specialty and multi-specialty groups were the top two highest-paying settings for physicians, followed by hospitals, Doximity found. Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, released its 2026 Physician Compensation Report Aug. 25. The report surveyed physicians in June…