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ChatGPT's promising progress in healthcare

ChatGPT, the AI-based chatbot developed by OpenAI, was released in November and has already been showing promising results for the healthcare industry as it can pass several benchmarking exams and was found to be more empathetic than physicians in answ…

Tennessee medical center begins accepting some patients amid cyberattack

Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter said all surgeries remain canceled due an ongoing cyberattack, but that it has been accepting patients at some of its walk-in clinics.

Texas Children's launches search for new president

Texas Children’s Hospital is searching for a new president for the Houston-based organization.

Viewpoint: Send in the clowns to help patients — and physicians

Bedside manner advice for physicians is coming from an unlikely source: hospital clowns. New research from Tel Aviv University in Israel and the Ramat Gan-based Israel Center for Medical Simulation identified 40 skills medical clowns use to bring joy t…

St. Luke's begins construction on $58M cardiac expansion

Duluth, Minn.-based St. Luke’s is beginning construction on a $58 million cardiac expansion.

UCSF to be 1st California hospital to offer pharmacogenetic testing

Starting May 9, UCSF Health will provide pharmacogenetic testing, which can lower adverse drug reaction risks by 30 percent. 

Federal pharmacist scope expansion bill is inappropriate, AMA says

The American Medical Association wants to block a House bill that, if passed, would expand pharmacists’ scope of practice. 

CommonSpirit names southwest division president

Tim Bricker was named president of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s southwest division, effective immediately, according to a news release shared with Becker’s May 5. 

California nurses press lawmakers to support $500M investment in nursing schools

A half-billion-dollar investment in California’s community nursing schools would double the state’s capacity to graduate new RNs, according to the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals. 

New York health system takes to billboard in search for OB-GYNs

Lewis County Health System, which includes a hospital in Lowville, N.Y., is advertising on city billboards to recruit OB-GYNs.