The Ohio Nurses Association is demanding an independent investigation into senior leadership at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, citing what it describes as a pattern of safety failures. The union’s demand was made during a Dec.…
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The Department of Health and Human Services has released an artificial intelligence strategy aimed at expanding AI use across its workforce and modernizing internal operations, research and public health activities. Here are five things to know about the strategy:
CMS relief funding for healthcare providers affected by the Change Healthcare ransomware attack was inconsistently distributed, a new study found. Here are five things to know from the December Health Affairs paper analyzing 8,538 organizations that received advanced and accelerated…
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Medtronic received FDA clearance for its Hugo robotic-assisted surgery system for urologic procedures. The clearance allows the system to be used in minimally invasive surgeries, including prostatectomy, nephrectomy and cystectomy — procedures that account for approximately 230,000 cases annually in…
Months after the CDC eliminated its infection control committee, two epidemiology organizations have created the Healthcare Infection Prevention Advisory Group. The two organizations, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America,…
Patients are increasingly uploading test results, medical images and physicians’ notes to ChatGPT for faster responses and second opinions, The New York Times reported. But healthcare experts warn about inaccurate answers and privacy concerns when people feed their electronic medical…
Tracy Beth Høeg, MD, PhD, was named acting director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, effective Dec. 3. Dr. Høeg previously served as senior adviser for clinical sciences in the agency’s Office of the Commissioner and the…
U.S. News & World Report will implement significant methodology updates to its Best Hospitals adult specialty rankings, set to take effect in the next edition of the rankings in the third quarter of 2026. According to a Dec. 4 post…
Curtis Hawkinson will step down as CEO of Community Memorial Healthcare in Marysville, Kan., effective Feb. 17. “I leave with a grateful heart and feel blessed to be part of the history of CMH these past 19 years,” Mr. Hawkinson…