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Viewpoint: Start suing CEOs, boards for malpractice suits

CEOs and boards need to be held liable for staffing-related safety issues in their hospitals, especially when they created the issues in the name of profit, Robert Derlet, MD, and Mark Borden, MD, argued in an article published in Emergency Medicine Ne…

11 states where H5N1 has jumped to mammals in 2023

Eleven states have detected the H5N1 strain of avian flu in mammals since the beginning of 2023, according to the Agriculture Department.

Apple wants to prevent disease, empower patients to 'drive their own healthcare', says VP of health

Apple wants to change the behavior of patients and providers, so they will use its devices and data tools to prevent disease, Sumbul Desai, MD, vice president of Apple Health, told The Hindu Business Line.

Epic, Oracle Cerner, Meditech could 'reshape the market' with remote monitoring tools in EHRs: Report

As a rapidly growing part of healthcare, remote patient monitoring presents a business opportunity for EHR vendors. Some of them are responding by adding features for patients to be cared for from home.

Epic, Press Ganey to integrate patient experience data into MyChart

Epic Systems has partnered with consumer experience company Press Ganey to integrate patient experience data into MyChart. 

Nurse impostor treated patients for 15 years, police say

A Tennessee woman has been charged after treating thousands of patients without a nursing license, CBS affiliate WTVF reported Feb. 28.

Eli Lilly caps insulin at $35 a month

Effective immediately, Eli Lilly is capping out-of-pocket costs on its insulin products at $35 a month. The price cap automatically applies to people with private insurance. Uninsured individuals who sign up for Eli Lilly’s insulin value savings progra…

Biden to GOP: Don't touch healthcare dollars 

Ten days before releasing his budget proposal, President Joe Biden contrasted his administration’s efforts to lower healthcare costs with what he anticipates will be Republicans’ preliminary plans to cut federal healthcare programs. 

Meditech shows off embedded Google Health search function in EHR

EHR vendor Meditech will lead a presentation on how it embedded Google Health’s search and summarization capabilities into clinician workflows at the HIMSS 2023 conference in April. 

AdventHealth reports almost $838M loss as investment returns tank

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth reported a net loss of $837.9 million on revenues of over $15 billion for the year ending Dec. 31 as one of the biggest health systems in the country saw its investment values slump.