Category: Press Release

Jan. 8 Zach Dyer reads the week’s news: Instead of extending extra Affordable Care Act subsidies that would keep monthly premiums more affordable, some Republicans are pushing health savings accounts. Plus, people seeking cheaper health insurance options outside the ACA marketplaces may find some, but they come with downsides.  Jan. 1 Katheryn Houghton reads the week’s news: AI voices can help patients who have had their […]

When one of Adam Burkhammer’s foster children struggled with hyperactivity, the West Virginia legislator and his wife decided to alter their diet and remove any foods that contained synthetic dyes. “We saw a turnaround in his behavior, and our other children,” said Burkhammer, who has adopted or fostered 10 kids with his wife. “There are […]

Craig Carstens was named CFO of Pullman (Wash.) Regional Hospital on Jan. 12. He will succeed Steve Febus, who is retiring. Prior to his new role, Mr. Carstens served as CFO, CIO and compliance officer at Charles City, Iowa-based Floyd County Medical Center, according to a Jan. 5 news release shared with Becker’s. He also […]

OpenAI has acquired Torch, a healthcare startup focused on unifying lab results, medication data and visit recordings. The company announced the deal in a post on X. “Bringing this together with ChatGPT Health opens up a new way to understand and manage your health,” OpenAI wrote in the post. CNBC, citing sources familiar with the […]

The University of Texas at Austin has received a $100 million gift to support its planned academic medical center. The donation comes from Austin residents Tench and Simone Coxe, according to a Jan. 12 health system news release. The donation is one of the largest in the university’s history and will support the integration of […]

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has launched Observer, a multimodal medical dataset that captures anonymized, real-time interactions between patients and clinicians. Developed by researchers at the university’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, Observer links video, audio and transcripts to clinical data and EHRs, according to a paper published Oct. 27 in the Journal of the American […]

For years, hospital pharmacy supply chains were built around one central assumption: reliability. Manufacturers would produce, wholesalers would deliver, and health systems could operate with minimal inventory on shelves. That model no longer holds. As shortages of generic injectables, oncology drugs, anesthetics and IV fluids continue to ripple through healthcare, pharmacy leaders told Becker’s they […]

Modest but meaningful increases in clinical billing productivity could, when aggregated across many clinicians, help justify AI scribe costs, according to research published in JAMA Network Open. Here are four takeaways from the Jan. 9 study by researchers at University of California San Francisco: 1. Physicians with access to ambient AI scribes generated 5.8% more […]