HHS’ Office of Inspector General has opened an audit of the agency’s governance framework for artificial intelligence tools used across the department. The audit will examine whether HHS has established AI governance for developing and deploying AI tools in line…
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Across the country, health systems continue to invest in operating rooms while surgeons still hear the same message: there isn’t enough OR time. Yet when organizations take a closer look, the story is often more complicated. The challenge is not…
Cincinnati Children’s has spent years building up a body of pediatric clinical and operational knowledge — protocols, standards and guidance developed and refined across its own campuses. Until recently, that knowledge lived scattered across systems, shared drives and one-off conversations.…
A jury has awarded $105,000 in a sex discrimination case alleging a male surgical technician at an Arkansas hospital was blocked from performing job duties and ultimately forced to resign because of his sex. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity…
Indianapolis-based Community Health Network launched Emmie, an artificial intelligence assistant built by Epic, inside its MyChart patient portal. Emmie lets patients ask conversational questions about their health records and get personalized answers drawn from visit notes, test results and prior…
The Department of Health and Human Services expanded its health tech ecosystem initiative, adding new voluntary pledges covering medical price transparency, clinical trial matching, patient scheduling and software-based care access, Nextgov/FCW reported July 28. Among the additions: pledges targeting population…
The FDA approved Simtriyo (centanafadine), making it the first and only approved norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin reuptake inhibitor (NDSRI) for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults and pediatric patients aged 6 years and older weighing at least 20 kilograms, according…
Patient safety groups are warning that an FDA advisory committee’s decision to recommend expanding compounding access to wellness peptides came without the safety and efficacy evidence needed to justify it. The FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee voted during its July…
Betting platforms Kalshi and Polymarket are now taking wagers on whether the FDA will approve treatments for lung, breast, pancreatic and blood cancers this year, with Kalshi also planning to let users bet on clinical trial outcomes. Kalshi launched the…
The American Hospital Association voiced support July 27 for the National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025, a bipartisan Senate bill that would fund state-based nursing workforce centers to address ongoing shortages nationwide. The bill would establish a two-year pilot…