April 2024

Best and worst states for nurses 2024 ()
Hologic purchases competitor for $310M ()
Walmart Health closing all locations, ending telehealth services ()
Industry Watcher’s Digest ()
Large language models, other GenAI options stimulating tech purchasing in healthcare ()
FDA announces recall of SonarMed airway monitors after injury ()
Philips settles cases over faulty sleep apnea machines for $1.1B ()
Worries rise over bird flu in cows ()
AMGA condemns FTC ban on noncompetes in healthcare ()
Kaiser Permanente exposed data on 13.4 million members to tech companies ()
What do patients want from primary care providers? ()
FDA announces recall of infusion pumps after thousands of complaints, 1 death ()
FDA announces recall of more than 2 million catheter parts, citing serious health risks ()
Industry Watcher’s Digest ()
Against malpractice for using clinical AI, the best defense is a good offense ()
Which healthcare entities will be affected by ban on noncompetes? Look to business practices, not tax status ()
Hackers were inside Change Healthcare’s systems 9 days before attack ()
Joint replacements recalled after FDA safety warning ()
Mental health platform fined $7M by FTC for sharing data with advertisers ()
Industry Watcher’s Digest ()
Overheard around the Kaiser nurses’ protest over AI in healthcare ()
Healthcare worker sentenced to 10 years for abusing disabled patients ()
Health system employees win $200M lawsuit over unpaid wages ()
Nurses gather at Kaiser hospital to protest rapid adoption of AI ()
House to hold hearing on new patient data rights legislation ()
Doctors sue over negative Google reviews ()
Mobile medical units bring healthcare to homeless veterans, ‘meeting them where they are’ ()
Industry Watcher’s Digest ()
10 things you may have suspected about AI but didn’t know for sure till now ()
Major insurer partners with private equity firm for care coordination ()
Hospital pays $32.5M to family of baby who suffered brain damage during birth ()
Private equity bankruptcies in healthcare explode 112% in 5 years ()
Bird flu in cows: Interesting anomaly or troubling harbinger of things to come? ()
Atrium Health sued for violating patient privacy, sharing data with Facebook and Google ()
Massive data trove from Change Healthcare hack now for sale on dark web ()
Industry Watcher’s Digest ()
Physicians are embracing clinical GenAI—in theory, at least ()
Change Healthcare faces second ransom as cybercriminals leak stolen data ()
Telehealth remains underused, patients rarely billed for messages ()
Measles is on the march from airports to places near us ()
Recent Rite Aid store closings exceed 200 ()
CMS proposed rule would boost Medicare inpatient rates by 2.6% ()
MPT completes 5-hospital sale to Prime Healthcare ()
Payments to FDA advisory panel questioned ()
Industry Watcher’s Digest ()
Submitted for consideration by all healthcare AI stakeholders: 10 principles, 6 commitments, 1 direction ()
The Latest from our Partners ()
Drug price dialogues represent ‘an opportunity for CMS to clarify negotiation policies and their potential impact for the future’ ()
Industry Watcher’s Digest ()
The well for AI training data is running dry. Big Tech heavyweights are taking extraordinary measures to deal with the drought. ()
The Latest from our Partners ()
How teaching hospitals can recover fiscal fitness ()
CVS expanding tuition, scholarship programs for pharmacists ()
Active surveillance of cancer won’t expose docs to malpractice ()
Industry Watcher’s Digest ()
GenAI-focused market researchers: ‘The payer–provider divide is wide and has dangerous implications’ ()
The Latest from our Partners ()
The 10 most and least expensive states for healthcare consumers ()
Tenet completes sales spree, deals six Calif. hospitals ()
Kaiser’s Risant completes first acquisition ()
Industry Watcher’s Digest ()
Ready and willing but not yet able: America’s schools staring down GenAI ()