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AI is integrated in the EHR so patients don't have to repeat - every time they call - the reason why they're calling, says Talkdesk healthcare and life sciences GM Patty Hayward.

Pharmacy school applications have decreased by more than 60% in less than a decade, internal data showed.

There are growing numbers of U.S. adults without a usual source of care over the past decade, Commonwealth Fund finds.

Rex replaces outgoing president Dirk McMahon and will continue his CFO duties in his new role.

Technology can consolidate systems and automate workflows, easing challenges including burnout, says Nicole Rogas, president of symplr.

Symplr is building a connected enterprise to offer customers one vendor and the ability to share data among products, says Tony DiGiorgio, chief architect.  

Large language models need an underlying process for clinical notes to trigger a lab test, prescription or other recommendation, says Dr. Jay Anders, CMO at Medicomp Systems.

The import of pre-health systems has only exacerbated the need for changes in technology and nurse input, says Connie White Delaney, dean and professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing.  

Nursing informatics has evolved and integrated with information and analytical science to provide support and decision-making, says Mary Joy Garcia-Dia, program director of nursing informatics at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.  

The White House says public service workers never got the relief they were entitled to under the law "because of past administrative failures."