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Oklahoma cardiologist pays $270,000 to settle false claims allegations

Oklahoma City-based Cardiovascular Specialists and physician Stewart Katz, MD, have paid $270,000 to settle false claims allegations. 

OSF officially takes over Illinois hospital

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare officially assumed control over  Dixon, Ill.-based Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital on Jan. 1, making it the Catholic-based, non-profit health system’s 17th hospital acquisition. 

Vanderbilt University Medical Center expanding use of ambient AI

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center will launch the Dragon Ambient Experience (DAX) Copilot, an AI-powered clinical documentation tool integrated with Epic, on Jan. 15.

Top 6 EHR vendors worldwide

The top six EHR vendors globally include three that also hold sway over the U.S. healthcare landscape, according to Black Book Research.

US holding off on bird flu vaccine: 3 updates

Federal health officials say there is no current need to authorize a bird flu vaccine for use in humans since there is no evidence the disease is spreading from person to person or causing severe illness in people. 

Ascension finds 'magic' in implementation science

Health systems implementing new technologies must bridge the gap between the knowledge base and patient care to deliver novel therapies at the bedside and fully transform best practices with those new capabilities.

Judy Faulkner's Forbes 400 ranking, by year

After building Epic from humble beginnings into an EHR powerhouse, company founder and CEO Judy Faulkner first appeared on the Forbes 400 list in 2012.

Hospital at home needs an 'Uber app,' Mayo Clinic leader says

Mayo Clinic’s hospital-at-home program has expanded in the past year but will need the equivalent of an “Uber app” to scale, a leader told Becker’s.

5 hospitals seeking CEOs

Here are five hospitals that recently posted job listings seeking CEOs.

HCA subsidiary discloses 2-year insider breach

El Paso, Texas-based Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare has revealed that patient records were inappropriately accessed and potentially disclosed by a former employee over a two-year period, from Jan. 1, 2018, to March 12, 2021.