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Ozempic alternatives concern health experts

Rising popularity of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic is making it more difficult to find, leaving some patients to turn to unauthorized alternatives, The New York Times reported May 16. 

Microsoft's Azure OpenAI can collect, analyze healthcare data

Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI platform is being used to collect and analyze healthcare data.

Microsoft's Azure OpenAI can collect, analyze healthcare data

Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI platform is being used to collect and analyze healthcare data.

Where Cerner is partnering in 2023

From teaming up with Zoom to integrate telehealth capabilities into its EHR software to partnering with the FDA to develop AI tools that can extract clinical notes from EHRs, here is the latest in Cerner partnerships in 2023: 

Where Cerner is partnering in 2023

From teaming up with Zoom to integrate telehealth capabilities into its EHR software to partnering with the FDA to develop AI tools that can extract clinical notes from EHRs, here is the latest in Cerner partnerships in 2023: 

Physician, pharmacist face manslaughter charges in elderly patient's death

A physician and pharmacist are facing manslaughter charges after the wrong medication dose led to an elderly patient’s death in 2020, KFOR reported May 16.

Debate over masking in healthcare settings persists post-PHE

Now is not the time to do away with masks in healthcare settings, two infectious disease physicians wrote in a commentary published May 16 in Annals of Internal Medicine, an indication that the debate over whether hospitals should continue to mandate m…

New York nursing students can complete one-third of training via simulations

Nursing students in New York can now complete one-third of their clinical education using simulation technology after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed bill S447C into law May 15.

Connecticut health system acquires 2 ASCs, can't charge facility fees 

Hartford HealthCare has been approved to acquire two ASCs in Connecticut, the Hartford Business Journal reported May 12. 

Which physicians don't feel fairly compensated

A majority of physicians in six specialties do not believe they are fairly compensated, according to Physicians Thrive’s “2023 Physician Compensation Report.”