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Daniel West, MD, is suing Trinity Health Muskegon and seeking whistleblower protection after reporting alleged malpractice and being summarily terminated.

Artificial intelligence AI in healthcare

FDA commissioner Robert Califf recently suggested the agency may need to double its workforce. And that’s just to oversee AI. 

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services violated the Administrative Procedure Act by allowing a single phone call made by a contractor to determine a Medicare Advantage star rating, a federal judge ruled. 

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According to a report from the Boston Globe, the search warrants were executed as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into executives at the bankrupt health system.

FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee

The FDA’s fledgling Digital Health Advisory Committee (DHAC) only held its first meeting last week, but it has already committed its thinking to writing. 

Charles E. Mullins, MD, a U.S. Army veteran known as a legend of interventional pediatric cardiology, died Nov. 17. He was 92 years old.

Charles E. Mullins, MD, a U.S. Army veteran who went on to practice medicine for five decades, died at the age of 92. SCAI shared a loving tribute to Mullins, calling him the "father of modern interventional pediatric cardiology."

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