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Timothy Story, MD, said Ascension St. Vincent Medical Center damaged his career and reputation after they fired him without cause. After a three-and-a-half year legal trial, a jury in Indiana agreed. 

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The new policy goes into effect in November, improving Medicare coverage for a technology that has rapidly gained momentum in recent years.

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The world's largest generic drug manufacturer allegedly paid charities kickbacks to cover patient co-pays in an effort to inflate the price tag of its multiple sclerosis treatment.

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When drugs are on the FDA’s shortage list, outsourcing facilities can produce their own compounded versions. When the FDA removed tirzepatide from that list with no warning, it created a considerable amount of chaos both behind the scenes and in pharmacies all over the country. 

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The 18th annual rankings of the nation's best children's hospitals has been released by U.S. News & World Report, highlighting the top places for young patients to receive exceptional care in 2024-2025.

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Some 60% of IT professionals and 51% of operational leaders admit they’re reluctant to involve clinicians in software decisions. 

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There are still over 72,000 cases brought against multiple drug companies pending in Delaware and California. 

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The popular AI chatbot tends to over-order X-rays, prescribe too many antibiotics and admit too many patients to the hospital when compared with a resident emergency department physician. 

legal liability malpractice artificial intelligence

There are still over 72,000 cases brought against multiple drug companies pending in Delaware and California. 

artificial intelligence healthcare industry digest

The popular AI chatbot tends to over-order X-rays, prescribe too many antibiotics and admit too many patients to the hospital when compared with a resident emergency department physician. 

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The FDA clearly sees significant potential in this new screening software from New York-based AccurKardia.

The ASPR’s National Disaster Medical System field hospital set up in the parking lot at Mission Hospital in Asheville this past week to augment the hospital's emergency department and help decompress the pressure on the hospital in the epicenter of the Hurricane Helene disaster. Photo by ASPR

The hospital was prepared for Hurricane Helene and has maintained operations, despite being in the epicenter of destruction.

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The new policy goes into effect in November, improving Medicare coverage for a technology that has rapidly gained momentum in recent years.

When drugs are on the FDA’s shortage list, outsourcing facilities can produce their own compounded versions. When the FDA removed tirzepatide from that list with no warning, it created a considerable amount of chaos both behind the scenes and in pharmacies all over the country. 

Some 60% of IT professionals and 51% of operational leaders admit they’re reluctant to involve clinicians in software decisions.