Attendees reflect on learning the value and benefits of various pilot programs and speaker Roberta Levy Schwartz, EVP of Houston Methodist Hospital, talks about what’s working for their new smart hospital.  

The digital maturity models represent not just a technology checklist, but how that technology is applied toward care quality and access, says HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf.

Congress is plowing ahead towards a budget reconciliation process ahead of its two-week recess starting on April 10. Troubling for hospitals is a Senate amendment to a House budget resolution introduced by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. on Wednesday. 

Nonprofit hospitals and health systems with early fiscal year ends (FYE) performed better financially as compared to the prior year, with the median operating margin for providers with early FYEs improving to 1.2% in 2024 – up from -0.5% in ’23.