Most Americans want physicians to disclose when AI is used in their care, and most also feel they have too little say over it, a Pew Research Center report found. The survey, published Aug. 25, drew on responses from 3,488…
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From a 51-hospital system spanning seven states to a small critical access hospital in rural Oklahoma, health system executives are pointing to the same threat — a structural mismatch between what the healthcare system is being asked to deliver and…
Twelve days after a medication error at an Ascension hospital in Nashville, Tenn., harmed four patients, one of them is paralyzed below the sternum and being treated in Chicago, The New York Times reported Aug. 26. The hospital, Ascension St.…
About 39% of physicians reported AI proficiency as a factor in hiring or promotion decisions, including 15% who said it was either a “major” or “moderate” factor, Doximity found. Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, released its 2026…
Revenue cycle management company Waystar made two executive leadership appointments aimed at accelerating innovation, client adoption and durable growth. The company named Amit Khanna as chief product and technology officer and promoted Todd Woods to chief commercial officer, according to…
Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital is exploring whether to transition to a critical access hospital. “While the designation offers important benefits for some rural hospitals, becoming a critical access hospital would involve significant federal eligibility requirements and could fundamentally change how…
CMS is investing $3.15 million to strengthen pharmacy connectivity and care coordination across Ohio’s 73 rural counties through the Rural Health Transformation Program. The funding will connect independent and retail pharmacies, federally qualified health centers and outpatient hospital pharmacies to…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals has retired an additional 400 policies in the year since it cut 2,812 systemwide policies. The reductions came through a structured review process that aimed to eliminate duplication, improve clarity and keep policies useful for front-line caregivers,…
A former senior director of data analytics at Optum has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for creating a no-show job for a friend and pocketing kickbacks from their salary. Karan Gupta, 48, of Walnut Creek, Calif., was…
The FDA has authorized Abbott Diabetes Care’s Libre Duo 10 Day Continuous Dual Glucose Ketone Monitoring System, the first wearable device in the U.S. to continuously monitor both glucose and ketone levels. The device is authorized for people ages 2…