Clinical workflows continue to be a major source of inefficiency and frustration for nurses. Documentation, admissions, and medication reconciliation often remain manual, time-consuming and prone to error, even as technology advances in other parts of care delivery. Chief nursing informatics…
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While many CEOs are mandating artificial intelligence use across their organizations, some executives have yet to integrate the tools into their daily work, The New York Times reported Aug. 16. Younger employees tend to have greater comfort with AI and…
Megan Gillespie, DNP, RN, has been named CEO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Medical Center. Dr. Gillespie has spent nearly 25 years in healthcare leadership roles, most recently as CEO of Sutter Santa Rosa (Calif.) Regional Hospital. She stepped into that…
Tech companies are accelerating their push into healthcare, unveiling new AI tools aimed at everything from documenting patient visits to supporting medical care in space. Here’s a look at recent moves by tech giants expanding their footprint in healthcare AI:
In a departure from the CDC’s recommendations, the American Academy of Pediatrics said all children between 6 months and 2 years old should receive a COVID-19 vaccine for the 2025-26 virus season. The AAP released the recommendations Aug. 19. They…
AstraZeneca has issued its flu vaccine nasal spray for at-home use. The nasal spray is authorized for use by adults ages 18-49 and for caregiver use with children ages 2-17, according to an Aug. 15 news release from the drugmaker.…
Epic is rolling out MyChart Central, a new patient-focused login system enabling individuals to access health records from multiple participating providers using a single Epic ID. Epic made the announcement via its official X account on Aug. 15. “One way…
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health rolled out its “Virtual Single Patient Record” system, an isolated recovery environment developed with health tech company CareEvolution. The platform enables clinicians to access a read-only patient record when the primary electronic medical record or…
New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center reported an operating loss of $113.2 million for the first half of 2025, citing rising expenses and one-time costs related to its Epic EHR implementation. The center said in an Aug. 15…
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health has named Christina Slemp system vice president of revenue cycle – financial services, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. Ms. Slemp joins from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, where she served as vice…