[ad_1] As chair of the Metro Coronavirus Task Force in Nashville, you led the city’s COVID-19 response. How did the strategy to address the pandemic come together? COVID […]
Commentary: Tackling healthcare’s growing safety challenges starts with our workforce
[ad_1] In mid-May, four of the nation’s leading voices in healthcare called for urgent, national action to reform our healthcare system. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Centers […]
Q&A: At the intersection of healthcare and climate change
[ad_1] Addressing climate change has become a top priority in healthcare, especially given the industry’s reliance on environmentally damaging practices and its major contributions to carbon emissions. Last […]
Hospitals retrain data center employees amid shift to the cloud
[ad_1] Tufts hired temporary workers and brought in consultants to fill data center positions so that full-time employees had time to be trained. “You have to support your […]
Insurers wrestle with proposed marketplace rule
[ad_1] On-the-ground implementation Insurers on the forefront of the accreditation process speak to its operational requirements, especially where data collection is concerned, and the shifts in programming it […]
Digital health companies hit with securities fraud suits
[ad_1] Shareholders have hit digital health companies with a spate of securities fraud lawsuits this year as once high-flying companies see share prices drop, and more could be […]
Hospitals call Medicare pay proposal ‘woefully inadequate’
[ad_1] The’ proposed Medicare payment update for inpatient services is nowhere close to covering hospitals’ rising costs, industry groups warn the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in […]
The Check Up: : Dr. Alex Jahangir of Vanderbilt Medical Center
[ad_1] Dr. Alex Jahangir, executive medical director of the Trauma Patient Care Center and vice president for business development at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, joined The Check Up […]
With worker shortages remaining, hospitals turn to technology to fill the gaps
[ad_1] Replacing outgoing healthcare workers remains the industry’s great long-term threat. Earlier this month, higher education institutions and the industry in the state released a collaborative plan to […]
U.S. opens COVID vaccine to little kids; shots begin this week
[ad_1] The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The shots will become available this week, expanding the nation’s vaccination campaign to children as […]