{"id":223337,"date":"2026-06-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/at-a-tennessee-hospital-a-nurse-stole-fentanyl-and-ai-missed-it-state-records-say\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T05:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:20:21","slug":"at-a-tennessee-hospital-a-nurse-stole-fentanyl-and-ai-missed-it-state-records-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/at-a-tennessee-hospital-a-nurse-stole-fentanyl-and-ai-missed-it-state-records-say\/","title":{"rendered":"At a Tennessee hospital, a nurse stole fentanyl and AI missed it, state records say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tennessee-hospital-nurse-fentanyl-theft-ai\/\">At a Tennessee hospital, a nurse stole fentanyl and AI missed it, state records say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tennessee-hospital-nurse-fentanyl-theft-ai\/\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tennessee-hospital-nurse-fentanyl-theft-ai\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-01 05:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cbsnews.com\">www.cbsnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fentanyl Diversion Case<\/strong>: A nurse at Erlanger Baroness hospital was found to have been stealing leftover fentanyl for months, leading to his firing after failing a drug test.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI Monitoring Failure<\/strong>: The hospital&#8217;s state-of-the-art AI drug diversion monitoring software, Sentri7, failed to flag the missing drugs or other inconsistencies related to the theft, despite being designed to detect diversions quickly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lack of Transparency<\/strong>: There is little oversight or transparency about the use and performance of AI monitoring software in hospitals; facilities are not required to publicly report malfunctions of such technology.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Software Limitations<\/strong>: Experts suggest that AI software like Sentri7 may be less effective in areas where drugs are dispensed differently, such as operating rooms, and that human oversight remains an essential component.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Widespread Problem<\/strong>: Drug diversion, where controlled substances are unlawfully taken from healthcare facilities, is widespread in U.S. hospitals, driven by the high demand for powerful painkillers like fentanyl.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Human Oversight Essential<\/strong>: Despite the use of sophisticated AI, human vigilance is deemed vital for detecting drug diversion incidents, as AI systems are not infallible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Broad Implementation<\/strong>: Anti-diversion software, including Sentri7 and ControlCheck, is used in hundreds of hospitals but detailed reports on instances of malfunction or failure are not mandated or made public.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Concerns<\/strong>: This case exemplifies broader concerns about the effectiveness and accountability of AI technologies in healthcare settings, where patient safety hinges on accurate tracking and security of medications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a Tennessee hospital, a nurse stole fentanyl and AI missed it, state records say&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/29\/704b33cd-c8d1-4c3c-872d-b2440d11b650\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/7f706f938f963943399c713a187fb7a6\/erlanger.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223339,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223337\/revisions\/223339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}