As EHR vendors turn their focus to artificial intelligence, Oracle Health is using the technology "every step of the way," Nashville (Tenn.) Business Journal reported.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center physician over violating state law by providing hormone replacement therapy to 21 minors. This is the first time an attorney general has sued an individual physician over transition-related care for minors, NBC News reported Oct. 17.

A CMS contractor has agreed to pay a $306,722 fine for not securing screenshots of patient data.

The FDA has approved the Minima stent system, the first device specifically designed for infants and young children with congenital heart defects. The innovative stent could help thousands of children avoid multiple open-heart surgeries as they grow up. 

Bassett Healthcare Network has eliminated 100 administrative jobs, officials with the Cooperstown, N.Y.-based system confirmed to local news outlets Oct. 17. 

Nursing education must evolve to meet the changing demands of the field, but with limited resources and external hurdles like the COVID-19 pandemic, gaps have continued to persist.

Northwell Holdings, the for-profit venture capital arm of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, has invested in a workforce startup used by the health system's 21 hospitals.

Many hospitals and health systems are reconfiguring executive incentive pay amid heightened scrutiny on executive pay and evolving performance metrics, according to SullivanCotter.

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare plans to acquire nine Illinois hospitals and various post-acute facilities from St. Louis-based Ascension for a base purchase price of $375.8 million, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker's.

Amid the IV fluid shortage caused by the temporary closure of Baxter's North Cove, N.C., plant due to Hurricane Helene, ECRI has issued guidance to healthcare providers regarding practices to avoid and adopt. 

West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Palm Beach Health Network has promoted Lukas Iwanski to group assistant CFO.

The board of directors for Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network unanimously voted to promote Staci Thompson from interim to permanent president and CEO.

New York City-based East River Medical Imaging has settled a class action lawsuit for $1.85 million following a 2023 cyberattack.

Median emergency department visit times vary greatly based on a multitude of factors, including facility type, patient demographics and annual volumes, data from the Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance shows.

Lexington, Ky.-based CHI Saint Joseph Health named Matt Grimshaw market president.

Boston Children's Health Physicians reported patient data exposure after a third party vendor suffered a data breach.

CVS Health appointed David Joyner president and CEO, effective Oct. 17, replacing Karen Lynch, who stepped down from the position. 

Moderna is facing allegations that it misused innovations from researchers at Northwestern University to develop its mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which became widely available to the public in 2021 to combat the pandemic. 

The Ascension Foundation for Health Equity granted more than $1 million to nonprofit organizations across the U.S. to support postpartum mothers and their families.

Throughout her career, Elizabeth Veliz, the first chief human resources officer of Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cayuga Health System, has seen a range of strategies to recruit more women or people of color and retain them. She has also gained insights on successful leave policies for mothers.