Allina Health System, based in Minneapolis, has been turning patients away who have too much medical debt, stating that patients must pay off the debt in order to receive certain specialty services, The New York Times reported June 1. 

A national eating disorder hotline ditched its artificial intelligence chatbot after it gave users "harmful" advice, Vice reported.

As disruptors like CVS Health and Walgreens, as well as health systems including Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care, have been launching retail clinics, some parts of the country have been getting more than others,…

The Bellevue (Ohio) Hospital went live with its new EHR system, Meditech Expanse, on June 1. 

Since the start of 2023, 15 healthcare systems operating 29 hospitals have been targeted by a ransomware incident, BankInfoSecurity reported May 31. 

Administration burdens such as EHR documentation cost U.S. healthcare $1 trillion annually, but to combat this, hospitals and health systems have been using and piloting artificial intelligence and generative AI to help significantly reduce administrative responsibilities for their providers.

Boston Children's Hospital has begun onboarding its new prompt engineer who will focus on working with large language models such as ChatGPT, Mashable reported June 1. 

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Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is entering a know-how agreement with virtual rheumatology clinic Remission Medical.

The University of Central Florida College of Medicine joined a NASA-funded mission to research how space flight affects the health of space travelers.