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UChicago Medicine to pay $14M in wrongful death lawsuit verdict

The University of Chicago Medical Center has been found responsible in a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of a boy who at age 4, and must pay $14 million to the family, The Chicago Tribune reported March 14.

Lurie Children's works to restore MyChart post-hack

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is in the process of bringing its MyChart system back online after it was taken offline Jan. 31 in the wake of a cyberattack.

8 likely next in-demand nursing roles, per Tampa General's chief nurse

Healthcare is transforming, and so is the nursing profession.

Meditech, Microsoft's Nuance partner

EHR vendor Meditech will embed Microsoft’s Nuance DAX Copilot into its Expanse EHR platform. 

CommonSpirit creates internal AI assistant

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has launched its own internal AI assistant, Insightli.

Heard at HIMSS '24: How 12 healthcare leaders use generative AI at work

Generative artificial intelligence was the talk of this week’s HIMSS 2024 conference in Orlando, Fla., with executives discussing their health systems’ plans for the technology.

Oracle Health 'not just an EHR company,' Seema Verma says

Even though Oracle Health is one of the largest EHR vendors in the world, the company does way more than that, its general manager says.

Ballad to raise starting nursing pay by up to 25%

Ballad Health is increasing pay rates for nursing staff at hospitals across the organization, a spokesperson for the Johnson City, Tenn.-based health system confirmed to Becker’s.

Cedars-Sinai-backed company aims to speed device recalls

A software company that went through Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai’s accelerator program is aiming to streamline the medical device recall process, Fast Company reported March 14.

How much money are hackers selling medical records for?

Medical records are selling for $60 on the dark web, CNBC reported March 15.