Becker's Healthcare August 14, 2024
Here are five disruptions shaking up health systems this year:
1. In July, a global IT outage caused by an update released by CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, impacted health systems across the nation. Becker’s covered a list of health systems that were impacted specifically.
2. In May, Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, agreeing to receive millions in financing from Medical Properties Trust to continue operating 30 hospitals within the Steward network. The bankruptcy filing has ushered in a slew of negotiations regarding the system’s hospitals and physician group, Stewardship Health.
3. There have been at least 14 other hospital closures across 11 states this year, as reported by Becker’s.
4. Robotics and AI use...
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