Provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would limit the amount of federal student loans medical students can borrow, and critics worry this could worsen physician shortages across rural areas and specialties. But for one chief medical officer, the…
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The FDA has approved required updates to the labeling of Pfizer’s Comirnaty and Moderna’s Spikevax COVID-19 vaccines to include revised warnings about the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis following vaccination. The updates reflect new data, including estimated unadjusted incidence rates…
Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health has built AI to filter patient portal messages and respond to patients. Clinicians from the health system worked with Dartmouth computer science researchers and a Geisel School of Medicine associate professor to develop PortalPal, which uses…
Healthcare has become the most targeted U.S. critical infrastructure industry by hackers. But which states have been impacted the most by the breaches? Here are the 10 states with the most individuals affected by healthcare data breaches between February 2023…
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs secretary is asking for an additional $3.5 billion for the agency’s Oracle Health EHR project, MeriTalk reported. However, President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget includes a $2.17 billion increase for the EHR rollout, while…
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board voted 7-1 on June 24 to allow Advocate Health Care to move forward with a new hospital project in Chicago, the board confirmed to Becker’s. Four things to know: 1. The project…
From the former CFO of a Chicago hospital charged in a suspected $290 million COVID-19 testing fraud scheme to the conviction of a healthcare software CEO in a $1 billion case, here are 10 recent healthcare billing fraud cases that…
Shortly after two federal judges ruled against the National Institutes of Health cancelling some grants, an internal memo instructed staff to not terminate additional projects, The New York Times reported June 25. “Effective immediately, please do not terminate any additional…
As concierge medicine gains traction across large medical groups and health systems, leaders are asking how this once boutique approach fits within today’s complex care models. Keith Elgart, CEO of Concierge Choice Physicians—a pioneer in hybrid concierge programs—shares insights from…
Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center in La Junta, Colo., is laying off 5% of its workforce as part of a broader strategic effort to stabilize the hospital’s finances and ensure long-term sustainability. A spokesperson for the hospital did not respond…