Members of the California Nurses Association are set to strike Oct. 30 at Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital in Los Angeles. The union represents more than 1,400 nurses at USC Keck, USC Norris and select clinic…
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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is urging lawmakers to protect the 340B Drug Pricing Program, warning that changes to the discount model could destabilize safety-net hospitals. In an Oct. 23 statement issued ahead of a hearing before the Senate…
Oracle can begin construction on a new world headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., after getting approval from the city’s Metro Council, NewsChannel5 reported. The estimated $2 billion project has been in the works for four years, but Oracle co-founder and Chief Technology…
Microsoft is partnering with San Francisco-based Pangaea Data to integrate Dragon Copilot into the company’s clinical AI platform, building upon a “breakout” year for the technology. The collaboration brings Microsoft’s speech recognition and generative AI tools to bear on Pangaea’s…
The Trump administration on July 30 unveiled a public-private partnership aimed at building a more connected, user-friendly digital health system for patients and providers — an initiative that is now beginning to take shape. The effort centers on two main…
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has launched Epic EHRs across all 13 state-operated psychiatric hospitals and residential treatment facilities. The system supports care for adults and children with mental illness, developmental disabilities, substance use disorders and…
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care created a ChatGPT-like tool that allows clinicians to ask questions in a patient’s EHR. Here is how the health system developed ChatEHR, whose user interface is embedded directly into Epic, according to an Oct.…
Doctor of Philosophy programs are constricting across the U.S. as the federal government slashes institutional research funding, Nature reported Oct. 21. The last seven months have seen sweeping changes in federal research funding, with the Trump administration freezing billions of…
Patient experience scores across U.S. hospitals are rebounding slowly after pandemic-era declines. According to a Press Ganey analysis of 10.5 million patient encounters released earlier in 2025, “recommend the hospital” scores rose from 69 in 2024 to 70.4 in early…
Across hospitals and health systems, COOs remain focused on improving patient access. As many organizations face growing demand and a need for additional capacity, they are implementing various strategies, including expanding their ambulatory networks and launching telehealth programs. How have…