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Georgia lieutenant governor seeks to ease certificate of need laws to build hospital in home county

Georgia’s lieutenant governor is pressuring the state’s House to pass a measure allowing hospitals to be built in smaller counties without applying for a certificate of need, which would greenlight a new hospital in his home county, The Atlanta Journal…

Cancer drug trial halted after patient death

The FDA placed a clinical hold on drug research conducted by Athenex, a biotech company based in Buffalo, N.Y., after a patient died during a phase one trial, the company said March 20. 

Patients prefer to receive test results in online portals, survey finds

Ninety-six percent of patients said they prefer getting their test results through online portals, a March 20 JAMA Network Open survey found. 

OU Health's employee laptop with patient's PHI stolen

OU Health is notifying patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised after an employee’s laptop was stolen. 

Some 'reinvention' opportunities from pandemic are here to stay, COO says

The COVID-19 pandemic brought on a tidal wave of challenges across all healthcare systems. And cancer hospitals and oncology departments had to manage not only those rapidly increasing concerns but also the critical timeliness associated with managing …

Mayo Clinic selects AI-based diagnostics company to join accelerator program

Mediwhale, a South Korean artificial intelligence-powered health diagnostics company, has been selected for the MedTech Accelerator, an entrepreneurial and business development program for healthcare companies put on by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clin…

The 5 drugs recommended to treat C. auris

As the U.S. reports a rise in Candida auris cases, which spreads rapidly in healthcare sites, there are five drugs recommended to treat the fungus infections, according to the CDC. 

Why Epic EHR customers are leaning toward Microsoft for the cloud

Health systems are considering moving their Epic EHRs to the public cloud to cut capital costs and boost system reliability, a March 21 KLAS Research report found.

FDA issues third warning letter to Olympus Medical over faulty endoscopes

The FDA issued a third warning letter to Olympus Medical, which manufactures endoscopes, following an inspection and 160 complaints of faulty equipment.

MaineHealth using AI to record patient conversations

Portland-based MaineHealth is piloting the use of Dragon Ambient Experience, a tool to record and transcribe patient conversations, from software and artificial intelligence company Nuance’, the Bangor Daily News reported March 21.