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Alexis Kayser
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Alexis Kayser is Newsweek's Healthcare Editor based in Chicago. Her focus is reporting on the operations and priorities of U.S. hospitals and health systems. She has extensively covered value-based care models, artificial intelligence, clinician burnout and Americans' trust in the health care industry. Alexis joined Newsweek in 2024 from Becker's...
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Articles by Alexis Kayser
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Two Tests for Hospitals: Flu Season and a New Congress
How health care leaders are preparing hospitals for a Blue Wave alongside rising flu cases.
15 min read
Health Care Vertical
An Atlanta Recovery Center is Using AI To Connect With Vulnerable Patients
Advanced technology is helping this FQHC build rapport with patients—and help more of them.
5 min read
Health Care
AI Chief: Treating Medical AI as New Is a ‘Real Danger’
As health systems work towards an AI-enabled future, BJC HealthCare’s Philip Payne suggests consulting the past.
4 min read
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eClinicalWorks Projects 30% Efficiency Gains With AI, Canvas Upgrades
Key takeaways from eClinicalWorks’ national conference, including new AI tools, an agent workbench and a push into inpatient care.
22 min read
Health Care Vertical
CEO of eClinicalWorks Says AI Will ‘Cost a Lot.’ So Why Offer It for Free?
Girish Navani is betting big on health care’s little guys. And he’s not ready to cash out.
9 min read
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The World’s Smartest Hospitals, Plus Epic’s Next Agentic AI Move
Three U.S. hospitals topped the latest international ranking, while Epic unveiled a new product aimed at connection.
14 min read
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Arcadia CEO: Data Platforms May Replace EHRs As Health Systems’ ‘Core’
Arcadia’s Michael Meucci sat down for an exclusive interview with Newsweek.
23 min read
Health Care
What Utah’s AI Experiment Means for Hospitals
Two leaders from the Coalition for Health AI break down the first statewide effort to regulate AI in health care.
1 min read
Health Care Vertical
Exclusive: Suki, UpToDate Bring AI Clinical Decision Support Into Workflows
Suki’s new AI tool surfaces patient-specific clinical guidance, combining medical records with evidence-based info from UpToDate.
4 min read
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RFK Jr. Flips The AI Trust Question On Doctors
The Health Secretary suggests that AI is better informed than the doctors clinicians want kept in the loop.
17 min read
Health Care
Doctors Are Using More AI. What Makes Them Trust It?
Most doctors believe AI improves patient care. Health care leaders explained what earns their trust during the AI Health Summit.
4 min read
MD Anderson CIO to Hospitals: You’re Not ‘Behind’ on AI
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MD Anderson CIO to Hospitals: You’re Not ‘Behind’ on AI
“A lot of providers feel like they’re behind,” Dan Shoenthal told Newsweek. “I don’t know why. We’re all in the same place.”
17 min read
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Newsweek’s AI Impact Health Awards 2026: Winners
From early disease detection to remote patient monitoring, these 10 companies are leading the way in health AI.
7 min read
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Former UnitedHealthcare CEO Addresses AI ‘Battle of the Bots’
Bill Golden believes AI could help ease tensions between payers and providers—if health insurers were incentivized to invest.
19 min read
Health Care
Health Care AI Is Exposing an Age-Old Problem: How Work Actually Gets Done
Ahead of Newsweek’s AI Health Summit, one leader says this isn’t just a technology issue anymore.
7 min read
Health Care
Hospitals Have the Technology. Why Aren’t They ‘Smart’ Yet?
Even the smartest hospitals have “many unsmart parts,” per Dr. Wonchul Cha, chief innovation officer at Samsung Medical Center.
6 min read
Health Care
LeanTaaS CEO Talks Aidin Acquisition, ‘Optimizing Out’ of Capacity Troubles
Mohan Giridharadas breaks down LeanTaas’ plans for inpatient optimization.
13 min read
Health Care Vertical
Epic UGM: AI Ambitions Meet Health System Reality
Epic put AI agents, Cosmos and collaboration in the spotlight, while health systems wrestled with resource requirements.
17 min read
Health Care Vertical
How Optum Health’s CEO Is Reading Federal Signals on Future of Medicare
Krista Nelson says value-based care can deliver—but the push from Washington will test the industry’s ability to scale it.
10 min read
Health Care
Rural Health Fund Won’t Save Hospitals, Health Care Executives Say
The $50 billion Transformation Fund will support rural hospitals, but can’t rescue them, executives argued at a Newsweek event.
6 min read
Health Care
Hospitals Are Focusing on a New ‘Vital Sign’: How Patients Actually Feel
Patient surveys are redefining “quality” health care—and increasingly determining which hospitals are named the best of the best.
7 min read
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