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How Cleveland Clinic is advancing healthcare AI in Florida

Researchers for Cleveland Clinic in South Florida are tailoring medical treatments using quantum computing and artificial intelligence, WBPF reported May 8.

4 hospitals, health systems testing out ChatGPT

Generative AI such as ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence-based chatbot developed by OpenAI, is being touted as a tool that can revolutionize healthcare, and although it is pretty new, hospitals and health systems are working on piloting this tec…

The state of healthcare ransomware attacks

Ransomware attacks on hospitals and health systems doubled between 2016 and 2021, The Washington Post reported May 8. 

The technology powering Dartmouth Hitchcock's new patient tower

Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center’s new $150 million patient tower has rooms that are equipped with electronic signs that are connected to patients’ electronic medical records, Valley News reported May 7. 

Myocarditis might not be linked to COVID-19 vaccine: Yale study

Amid a swirling discussion about COVID-19 vaccines and the risk of myocarditis or pericarditis, Yale researchers found the heart conditions could be tied to a person’s immune system rather than a COVID-19 shot. 

U of Utah Health offers free pharmacy tech program

Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health completely covers tuition for those part of its pharmacy technician training program, NBC affiliate KSL reported May 6. 

Hackensack U reaches $24M municipal contract with city

Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center has reached a six-year $24 million deal with the city for municipal services, northjersey.com reported May 8. 

Records stolen from shuttered Indiana hospital posted online

Someone broke into the shuttered La Porte (Ind.) Hospital and illegally removed patient records from shedding bins to post on YouTube, Fox affiliate WXIN reported May 5.

Former Johns Hopkins anesthesiologist pleads not guilty to aiding Russia 

Anesthesiologist Anna Gabrielian, MD, a former employee of Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins, and her husband, Jamie Lee Henry, have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to help Russia by violating patient privacy, CBS Baltimore reported May 5. 

HCA doubles down on outpatient growth: 4 notes

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare continues to double down on developing outpatient facilities and increasing outpatient procedure migration, according to an April 21 first-quarter earnings call transcribed by Seeking Alpha.