The insurance industry is losing jobs at more than four times last year’s pace, according to new data this month from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The sector, which includes life, health and property insurers, shed an average of about…
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AbbVie and Novartis each sued Illinois Aug. 7 in the Northern District of Illinois, seeking to block the state’s new 340B contract pharmacy law. Three days later, a federal judge in South Dakota dismissed three lawsuits from AbbVie, AstraZeneca and…
The Rev. John Mattern was appointed the first full-time chaplain dedicated to the community hospitals of Lansing, Mich.-based UM Health-Sparrow, according to an Aug. 11 health system news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Mattern started Aug. 10 and will split…
Unlimited Technology Systems has disclosed to HHS that a ransomware attack reported in July compromised the data of 3.8 million patients. The breach traces to an Oct. 5-10, 2025, intrusion into a commercial data center hosting Unlimited Systems’ g4-Centricity for…
Procedural areas run on speed, but point-of-care drug preparation introduces steps where errors, compliance gaps and waste accumulate. For pharmacy leaders, every manual preparation task in the operating room is a safety variable and a documentation burden. Pharmacy leadership from…
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- Matthew Gimbar, PharmD, Sr Associate Director, Pharmacy Operations, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
- Zenia George, Perioperative Pharmacy Services Coordinator, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
House Democrats are demanding that OpenAI, Anthropic and House Speaker Mike Johnson respond to AI models that breached outside organizations during security tests, including a push for the AI giants’ CEOs to testify under oath. Twenty-nine members of Congress, led…
As Chicago-based Lurie Children’s prepares artificial intelligence tools for wider clinical use, the organization “locks” the models, prompts and outputs, according to Rajiv Kolagani, chief data and AI officer at Lurie Children’s. The practice is part of an internal framework…
As policymakers and regulators examine whether nonprofit hospitals are delivering sufficient value for their tax-exempt status, the conversation often centers on charity care. That’s an important measure, but it’s not the first stage of our work. If community benefit begins…
The Sequoia Project, the Recognized Coordinating Entity for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, updated its TEFCA Governing Council roster Aug. 10, naming 19 representatives from health systems, health information networks, technology vendors and federal agencies. TEFCA is the…
Only 10 health systems in the country currently hold ASHP’s Certified Center of Excellence designation, a distinction built on a rigorous document review and a multiday on-site survey of medication-use safety and pharmacy practice. Becker’s spoke with pharmacy leaders behind…