Top Stories of the Week

Here are the developments that marked the last week in healthcare, handpicked by Becker's editors. To receive curated articles like this in your inbox daily, sign up for the Hospital Review newsletter here .

• Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD, "amicably separated " from the system, a spokesperson confirmed. He also sued a Senate committee after he was held in contempt for failing to appear at a hearing to which he was subpoenaed.?
• Hospitals and communities across the Southeast continue to navigate the effects of Hurricane Helene, which made landfall Sept. 26 in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm. Here are eight updates .
• While Judy Faulkner has no plans to retire from Epic, the CEO has made arrangements for the company to stay private and employee-owned after she's gone. In the meantime, the EHR vendor is feuding with Particle Health, a dispute that includes a recently filed antitrust lawsuit .
• 2025 is coming. See how 400+ top system leaders are gearing up at Becker's 12th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, here .
• Early results at academic medical centers and large innovative health systems are showing areas where AI can create a boon to hospitals and patient care. But in rural healthcare, there are positives and negatives to the technology.
• Mass General Brigham has built the biggest hospital-at-home program in the country by getting buy-in from leadership and clinicians and through tech partnerships, executives said.
• More than a year ago, Cincinnati-based UC Health adopted a site leadership model in which each of its two acute-care hospitals is led by a registered nurse . This shift is a strategy the health system intends to maintain.
• Clinical AI case study: Lessons from Temple Health and UC San Diego Health — here.
• A new North Carolina law requires hospitals to have an armed law enforcement officer in emergency departments.?
• Large companies can save millions of dollars by addressing one common misconception about health insurance plans, according to billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban.
• There's no one-size-fits-all solution to healthcare staffing. Learn all your options here.

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