HHS Layoffs to Further Challenge Provider CEOs, Organizations
The Trump administration’s decision to lay off 10,000 full-time employees, consolidate HHS from 28 divisions to 15, and combine multiple agencies into a unified entity will have major ripple effects that impact hospitals and health system CEOs.
Advancements in Patient-Centered Care: What’s Next for Long-Term Healthcare Providers?
Patient-centered care delivery is driving a significant revolution in long-term healthcare. Remote monitoring technology now enables healthcare providers to track vital signs and medication adherence without disrupting patient daily routines.
What’s Lost: Trump Whacks Tiny Agency That Works to Make the Nation’s Healthcare Safer
On April 1, the Trump administration slashed the organization that supported that research — the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ — and fired roughly half of its remaining employees as part of a perplexing reorganization of the federal Health and Human Services Department.
ABQAURP News March 2024
Here’s the March 2025 edition of ABQAURP News.
How to Balance AI Adoption with Governance
Welcome to what some have called the Wild, Wild West of AI in healthcare. It’s a heady time to be an innovation executive these days, working with a technology that has strong potential to transform a troubled industry.
Point-of-Care Echo Studies Improve Workflows
The organization is partnering with Amavita Heart and Vascular Health to deploy the software in screenings for aortic stenosis and other valvular diseases in its clinics, local skilled nursing facilities, and via mobile screening units in underserved communities with large minority populations.
New Data Reveals ICRA 2.0 Implementation Challenges
STARC partnered with ASHE to conduct a nationwide survey of professionals responsible for managing construction-related infection risks. The results provide a snapshot of ICRA 2.0 adoption, revealing where the guidelines are working well and where real-world complexities demand creative adaptation.
For CMOs, Prioritizing Physician Wellbeing Includes Reducing Stigma
Any healthcare organization wants to know that a provider is competent and capable of providing care, but that desire should not extend to prying into people’s mental health history, says Anthony Aquilina, DO, executive vice president and chief physician executive at WellSpan.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 126 – The Ins and Outs of Drug-Gene Testing
On episode 126 of PSQH: The Podcast, Kristine Ashcraft, founder and president of YouScript, talks about how hospitals and health systems are using drug-gene testing.
Why Is Healthcare Innovation So Hard in Rural America?
For small hospitals like Sparta, new technology offers the promise of improving care, but it can also rob the organization of its identity—a valuable commodity in rural communities where the hospital is often the biggest employer and the doctor is a neighbor.