ICE, ALS, Addiction Medicine, and Robotic Ultrasounds: Journalists Sound Off on All That and More

KFF Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed how family members and lawyers of those in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody are struggling to find them in California hospitals on CapRadio’s Insight With Vicki Gonzalez on Feb. 25. Click here to hear Boyd-Barrett on Insight With Vicki Gonzalez. Read Boyd-Barrett’s “‘I Can’t Tell You’: […]

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CoxHealth switches to Epic

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth is going live with Epic on March 1 after a two-year implementation. The six-hospital system selected the new EHR vendor in December 2024, embarking on what the organization called “one of the largest technology upgrades in our history.” CoxHealth paused some online features amid the transition, including online self-scheduling Feb. 16 and […]

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University of Utah Health helps ‘reimagine’ the EHR

Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health researchers are helping to “reimagine” the EHR with AI and machine learning. The bioinformacists are using the advanced technology to create EHR-based tools that assist physicians with diagnosing and treating disease, according to a Feb. 25 news release. The Reimagine EHR project, supported by corporate partnerships and about […]

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AHA urges ONC to slow health IT certification overhaul

The American Hospital Association is urging federal health IT officials to scale back and slow portions of a proposed interoperability overhaul, warning that eliminating key certification requirements could threaten patient safety and strain hospitals, particularly rural facilities. In a Feb. 27 letter to Thomas Keane, MD, assistant secretary for technology policy and national coordinator for […]

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When EMTALA collides with hospital anti-violence signs

Healthcare leaders are carefully weighing the wording of signs aimed at reducing workplace violence out of concern about violating the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Among an array of efforts to minimize and prevent violence in healthcare settings — such as legislation that categorizes violence against a healthcare worker as a felony — there […]

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Healthcare leaders on busting AI myths

Healthcare leaders are moving quickly on AI — but many believe the biggest risk isn’t that the technology falls short. It’s that organizations overestimate what AI can do on its own and underestimate what it takes to make it work safely, at scale and inside real workflows.  According to many healthcare leaders who spoke with […]

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Mississippi hospital adopts AI-assisted cardiac detection

Waynesboro, Miss.-based Wayne General Hospital is rolling out an AI-assisted cardiac detection platform across its emergency and primary care departments. The hospital is using Sensora, FDA-cleared software developed by tech startup Eko Health that pairs with its digital stethoscope to support earlier identification of atrial fibrillation, low ejection fraction and structural heart disease. “Deploying Sensora […]

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What will define the next-generation chief pharmacy officer

Over the next three to five years, the chief pharmacy officer role is expected to expand well beyond operational oversight. Dispensing excellence and medication safety will remain foundational. But what will distinguish successful leaders in 2026 and beyond is enterprise-level influence — across finance, technology, workforce, supply chain and policy — paired with the ability […]

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