The next wave of enterprise transformation isn't about connecting systems—it's about making them think. As generative AI reshapes business operations, a new architectural paradigm called agent orchestration is emerging as the critical bridge between enterprise data and customer engagement. This evolution marks a fundamental shift from traditional integration approaches, positioning AI-driven orchestration as the backbone of modern enterprise architecture.
More than 80% of emergency departments are not fully prepared for pediatric cases, despite the fact that children make up about 20% of visits each year. The new analysis, published in JAMA Open Network, estimated that if every emergency department in the United States had the core features of 'pediatric readiness,' more than a quarter of the child deaths that follow E.R. visits could be prevented, a figure that equates to thousands of young lives each year.
Maryland became the first state on Friday to join a federal program designed to improve health care quality and equity while lowering costs for all health care payers, including Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers.
Staffing of physician practices and medical groups has largely returned to pre-pandemic levels but medical care providers remain busier than ever thanks to a surge of patient visits.
Officials with Scheurer Health and Harbor Beach Community Hospital announced this week that Harbor Beach Community Hospital will be joining the Pigeon-based healthcare provider. Under the plan, Harbor Beach Community Hospital will retain its name and identity while matching the look of the Scheurer brand. Harbor Beach and Scheurer will remain their own hospitals.
The sale of Steward Health Care's physician network to the Rural Healthcare Group has been finalized, the buyer announced Thursday along with a new name for the consolidated company: Revere Medical. The Tennessee-based affiliate of New York-based private equity firm Kinderhook Industries agreed in August to buy Stewardship Health for $245 million in cash. Revere Medical said Thursday that the transaction had closed and that its new name is meant to reflect the "path to building the country's most revered provider organization."