Researchers at Baltimore-based University of Maryland School of Medicine found approximately 5% of adults hospitalized with firearm injuries develop a bacterial infection, with most infections occurring during hospitalization. The study, published Aug. 3 in JAMA Network Open, used the Premier…
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The JAMA Network has issued updated guidance restricting how authors can use artificial intelligence in research and scientific work published across its 13 peer-reviewed journals. Three editors published an editorial Aug. 10 in JAMA outlining the guidelines: The new policy…
Not all CMS data is telling the same story when it comes to ACA enrollment in Texas. As of January, nearly 4.2 million Texans had selected ACA plans for 2026, up from nearly 4 million in 2025. That marked the largest enrollment increase of any state.…
At Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, which operates campuses in Minnesota, Arizona and Florida as well as a network of regional clinics and hospitals, AI strategy starts with the people closest to the work. The health system has focused on creating…
New York City-based NYU Langone Health has appointed Nadia Ovchinsky, MD, chair of the department of pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, also in New York City. Dr. Ovchinsky will also serve as the Pat and John Rosenwald Professor…
In this episode, Dr. David Klein, Partner and MD, Kennedy-White Orthopaedic Center, discusses how AI is improving scheduling, documentation, and insurance workflows, while creating more time for patient care and enhancing the physician experience. This episode is sponsored by Heidi…
Smithfield, N.C.-based Johnston Health has the lowest median emergency department visit time for psychiatric and mental health patients. Becker’s has compiled lists of hospitals and health systems with the shortest and longest emergency department visit times for psychiatric and mental…
Healthcare’s rush into generative AI has created a cost center many organizations only notice after the bill arrives: the token, the basic unit AI platforms use to bill for every prompt sent and every response generated. As adoption scales from…
A federal judge in Minnesota has signed off on a strict set of rules for how the data stolen in Change Healthcare’s 2024 cyberattack can be handled during the ongoing lawsuit. Magistrate Judge Dulce J. Foster approved the plan, reviewed…
Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare reduced serious safety events by as much as 90% over the past decade even as it grew from five hospitals to 28, the system said Aug. 10. The organization tied the improvement to a quality and safety…