Novo Nordisk has ended its partnership with Hims & Hers, citing concerns over the telehealth company’s promotion and sale of the drugmaker’s compounded versions of Wegovy. The drugmaker alleged that Hims & Hers marketed unauthorized versions of semaglutide, the active…
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An automated AI system accurately performed echocardiogram interpretation with a median normalized mean absolute error of 0.13, according to a study published June 23 in JAMA. Researchers trained the system, called PanEcho, on echocardiogram data from transthoracic echocardiographs performed at…
Why do top healthcare employees really leave — and what are CHROs overlooking before it happens? Dr. Helen Riess, Founder of Empathetics, joins Becker’s Lukas Voss to unpack the neuroscience behind trust, emotional safety, and retention. Learn actionable steps leaders…
A small study found that a stem cell-derived treatment helped people with Type 1 diabetes produce their own insulin and, in most cases, enabled patients to discontinue use of external insulin altogether. The research, published June 20 in The New…
Epic Systems is celebrating 45 years of healthcare innovation by adhering to a principle it has upheld since its inception: building everything in-house, with patients and clinicians at the center. Epic, founded in 1979 by Judith Faulkner in a Madison,…
Black Book Research has named the top EHR-native patient accounting systems. The IT market intelligence firm selected the finalists based on a nationwide survey of 12,000 healthcare professionals on such factors as performance, interoperability, financial outcomes and user satisfaction, according…
Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System has named Hilary Whittington as CEO of the Pulse Heart Institute. Ms. Whittington has been the heart institute’s CFO since 2020, according to a June 23 news release from MultiCare. She began serving as CFO…
Cass Wheeler, former CEO of the American Heart Association, has died. He served as the organization’s CEO from 1998 to 2008. During his time as CEO, Mr. Wheeler led the unification of the American Heart Association’s state and metropolitan chapters…
Kaiser Permanente Ventures is among the investors in an AI startup focused on medication management. The venture capital arm of the Oakland, Calif.-based health system participated in a $30 million series C funding round June 24 for Arine. The company…
The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis is attempting to create its own vaccine committee to replace the dissolved Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, NBC News reported June 22. Here is what…