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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said it needs more data to determine what savings the 2020 law is bringing to the U.S. healthcare system—but early data indicate it falls short of expectations.

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Reese Jackson, the former president and CEO of Chesapeake Regional Healthcare was unceremoniously dismissed from his role on June 1. Jackson has been named as a defendant in a pending class-action lawsuit filed by 900 women. 

These incidents became much more common after the FDA started approving GLP-1 drugs for chronic weight management in 2021. 

Damini Dey, PhD, FSCCT, a professor of biomedical sciences, co-associate director of the Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, and director of the quantitative image analysis program at Cedars-Sinai, explains how artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting cardiovascular imaging without most people realizing.

AI impacts care in so many ways now that it often goes unnoticed by clinicians. 

Newsweek ranked the 50 best heart hospitals in the world

Philippe Généreux, MD, presented updated findings from one of cardiology's most closely watched trials at New York Valves 2026. 

 The clearance marks a key milestone in the company’s expansion into the North American market. 

Compensation for healthcare providers rose some 4.3% in 2025. The sobering news is that the gain owes more to heavier daily workloads than to bigger per-patient billings. 

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The state’s Supreme Court restored the judgment, agreeing that John Farmer, Jr., MD, was branded with a “proverbial scarlet letter” after the complaint, which spiraled out of control and damaged his career. 

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Edna Burton underwent a hemicraniectomy to alleviate pressure on her brain after a stroke. When it came time to put an extracted piece of her skull back in place, her family alleges a Detroit hospital was forced to use a prosthetic, having lost the original. They said administrators offered a $25 gasoline card as an apology. 

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Medical misdiagnoses account for almost 800,000 deaths and other serious harms every year. Meanwhile healthcare AI is roundly celebrated for its diagnostic prowess. Can’t it help cut out a couple hundred thousand of those horrible mistakes?

Medtronic’s MiniMed 780G automated insulin delivery system

Make way for MiniMed! Medtronic's diabetes division has filed the necessary paperwork to go public. The company hopes to be traded on Nasdaq under the symbol MMED.

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The group was recently asked to provide input on a new set of recommendations for image-guided biopsies of suspicious breast lesions—offering providers clarity on key clinical scenarios.

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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said it needs more data to determine what savings the 2020 law is bringing to the U.S. healthcare system—but early data indicate it falls short of expectations.

Reese Jackson, the former president and CEO of Chesapeake Regional Healthcare was unceremoniously dismissed from his role on June 1. Jackson has been named as a defendant in a pending class-action lawsuit filed by 900 women. 

These incidents became much more common after the FDA started approving GLP-1 drugs for chronic weight management in 2021.