If doctors are the heart of the hospital, nurses are surely the soul. And if that’s so, today’s AI has to be something like a nutritional supplement for the brains of the operation.

“For me and my colleagues, it’s not an exaggeration to say that it doubled our efficiency," says radiologist Samir F. Abboud, MD, chief of emergency radiology at Northwestern. 
 

Lauren Moody and her attorneys believe the damages against Oscar Health could climb to $30M when factoring in interest, attorney fees and fines. 

Republican Gov. J. Kevin Stitt had recently quashed the two measures, which will give greater practice authority to nurse practitioners and physician assistants. 

A new review of the relevant scientific literature suggests many if not most patients are aware that healthcare AI’s emerging benefits exist side-by-side with its persistent uncertainties. 

The FDA is alerting healthcare providers about a problematic tracheostomy tube that has potential for causing serious or life-threatening injury. 

Among healthcare organizations sweating the possible passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” few have more to worry about than nonprofit hospitals and health systems that compete with privately held or publicly traded rivals for executive talent.

Prior research has suggested that these incidental lesions turn out to be cancerous in up to 70% of cases, making their timely detection critical. 

Tom Price, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) during the first Trump administration, says misinformation and growing distrust of healthcare workers and institutions is negatively impacting healthcare and more needs to be done to combat it. 

A new surgical mitral valve from Foldax will now be commercially available in India. The valve is built using LifePolymer, a proprietary material that does not include animal tissue.