2026-05-15 · Healthcare IT News
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Recent stories from journalists covering EHRs, healthcare AI, prior-auth automation, and the tech of care delivery. We show title, summary, and a link to the original. Bylines belong to the people who did the work.
2026-05-15 · The Conversation (US, Health)
Supreme Court preserves access to mifepristone via telehealth – at least for now
The court’s decision sends the mifepristone case back to a lower court, which has signaled that it will continue its challenge to the legality of mailing the abortion pill.
2026-05-13 · KFF Health News
Trump and Kennedy Seek To Relax Safeguards for AI Healthcare Tools
For years, the Department of Health and Human Services built standards to make sure electronic health records were user-friendly and offered transparent advice to doctors. Now they’re relaxing those standards, and doctors and critics in the hospital industry are worried.
· FierceHealthcare
Epic grows EHR footprint among small health systems even as overall market sales decline in 2025
The number of hospitals impacted by EHR purchase decisions dropped 40% compared to 2024, KLAS Research reported. Despite the slowdown, Epic's share of the U.S. EHR market continued to inch up, primarily driven by contract decisions at smaller health systems.
· FierceHealthcare
SCOTUS temporarily restores telehealth access to abortion pill mifepristone
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an emergency order, temporarily blocking a federal appeals court ruling in Louisiana which would have prevented the abortion pill mifepristone from being prescribed over the phone and sent through the mail in the United States.
· FierceHealthcare
Epic, Oracle and Cleveland Clinic among companies to joining CMS prior authorization initiative
A slew of additional "early adopters" from different corners of the industry said they will tackle the workflow, technical and operational barriers that have stymied adoption of electronic prior authorization, CMS said this week.
· FierceHealthcare
Chromie Health picks up $2M in pre-seed funding, launches SMS AI-powered nurse staffing agent
Chromie Health CEO and co-founder Douglas Ford told Fierce Healthcare the tool has already helped fill more than 35,000 last-minute nursing shifts.
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- ProPublica — Republish per propublica.org/steal-our-stories; we excerpt + link.
- The Conversation (US, Health) — CC-BY-ND; we excerpt + link.
- Healthcare IT News — All-rights-reserved; we excerpt headline + summary + link.
- FierceHealthcare — All-rights-reserved; we excerpt headline + summary + link.
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