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Healthcare leaders open to potential AI legislation

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is one of the first to release a framework for potential legislation regulating artificial intelligence, and although the legislation isn’t specific, healthcare leaders are expressing “openness” to it, Politico repo…

Illinois hospital to close 4 units

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board on June 27 unanimously approved a request from HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital to shutter four of its units, according to the Herald & Review. 

Wisconsin health system, Nvidia back healthcare AI company in $54M round

A Wisconsin health system joined Big Tech in backing a healthcare artificial intelligence company.

10 most hacked passwords

Fifty percent of the most common passwords in the U.S. are also among the most hacked passwords, according to SafetyDetectives.com.

Clinical notes in a matter of seconds: Epic, Nuance take on clinicians' clerical duties

Epic Systems said its partnership with Nuance can create real-time notes from physician encounters with patients in a matter of seconds, CNBC reported June 27.  

Walgreens to close 300 Boots stores in UK

Walgreens wants to close 300 Boots retail stores in the UK, about 14 percent of its portfolio there, according to a June 27 BBC News report.

From accountable to visionary: 21 attributes of a great CIO

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More nurses claim innocence in degree scheme

Five months after the Justice Department charged 25 people for allegedly selling thousands of fake nursing degrees, nurses with annulled licenses because of the scheme told The Philadelphia Inquirer they were scammed. 

Embattled board chair resigns from struggling Tennessee hospital

The continuing saga at Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital drags on, and now the long-standing chair of the board has resigned, a source told Becker’s.

Providence to attorney general: 'Strikebreaker' law is unconstitutional

Providence is asking Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to deny a request from the Oregon Nurses Association to investigate Providence for alleged unlawful use of professional strikebreakers.