From the retirement of BJC HealthCare's chief revenue officer to HonorHealth's appointment of a new vice president of revenue cycle, here are 15 health system revenue cycle leadership moves Becker's has reported on in 2024: 

Pharmacists are not often consulted in decision-making conversations about atrial fibrillation patients, the American Heart Association said, so the organization is working to engage pharmacists in AFib care. 

Resident physicians and fellows at the University of Chicago Medical Center voted to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, a local chapter of the Service Employees International Union.

Ensemble Health Partners was named the best company for end-to-end revenue cycle outsourcing in 2024 by KLAS Research. 

Americans in their 20s are starting their adult lives with more credit card debt than previous generations, largely due to rising food and housing costs and student loan debt, economists and financial advisors told The Wall Street Journal in a May 7 report. 

Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope is collaborating with medical technology company Becton Dickinson to launch a new pharmacist residency program. 

Epic's EHR got its name from the word for a Greek poem, or "a glorious recounting of events," in this case the story of a patient, according to company founder and CEO Judy Faulkner.

The highest paid tech professionals are C-suite leaders, followed by solutions architects, according to a survey from dice.com.

Digital health startup Ovatient has launched a new virtual care platform at one of the company's two founding health systems.

Washington and Massachusetts have the most favorable working conditions for nurses, according to WalletHub's 2024 ranking of the best and worst states for nurses. 

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has hired 10,000 registered nurses since 2020 across its central Florida hospitals and other healthcare locations in an effort to improve recruitment and retention efforts.

While preventable harm in hospital settings has been a widely discussed issue for decades, new research suggests that adverse events are relatively common in outpatient settings, marking a critical opportunity to improve safety. 

The American Hospital Association is urging Congress to keep regulation for artificial intelligence in healthcare flexible to keep "pace with innovation."

Kathryn Torres, senior vice president of payer contracting and alignment for Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, sold 1,863 shares of the company's stock on May 2 and May 3, according to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing. 

A growing number of health systems are moving to end the use of desflurane — a common anesthesia gas that lingers in the atmosphere for more than a decade. 

Hospitals should be on the lookout for "vishing," a new form of cybercrime that uses artificial intelligence, a health system CIO said.

Medical Properties Trust, one of the world's largest hospital real estate owners and landlord to Dallas-based Steward Health Care, approved $75 million in debtor-in-possession financing for the health system after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Oakland-based Kaiser Foundation Hospitals is laying off 76 employees in California, primarily in IT and marketing, according to regulatory documents filed with the state May 1. 

Here are nine hospital and health system CIO moves as reported by Becker's since Jan. 16:

Cleveland Clinic has appointed new leaders for its Northeast Ohio Market and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.