[ad_1] Staff shortages and worker mental health are top patient safety concerns that health system executives must tackle, according to ECRI’s annual Top Ten Patient Safety Concerns for […]
California aims to limit healthcare costs with new office
[ad_1] Frustrated by how much they were paying for healthcare, two groups of California workers sued one of the nation’s largest hospital systems. One group secured a half-billion-dollar […]
For kids with COVID-19, everyday life can be a struggle
[ad_1] Eight-year-old Brooklynn Chiles fidgets on the hospital bed as she waits for the nurse at Children’s National Hospital. The white paper beneath her crinkles as she shifts […]
Atrium Health, French surgical institute partner on innovation district
[ad_1] Atrium Health is working with IRCAD, a French-based surgical research and training institute, to form the organization’s first North American headquarters and create a space where surgeons […]
Chicago’s largest physician groups tackle COVID burnout: Crain’s research
[ad_1] “Burnout is not a new issue, but has to be addressed,” said Nelson. The CEO has been in healthcare for nearly 34 years and notes that burnout […]
DirectTrust launches patient information exchange standard-setting group
[ad_1] DirectTrust created an initiative to review and develop standards that could facilitate a voluntary patient credentialing and matching system. The initiative will form the Privacy-Enhancing Health Record […]
China battles multiple outbreaks, driven by stealth omicron
[ad_1] China banned most people from leaving a coronavirus-hit northeastern province and mobilized military reservists Monday as the fast-spreading “stealth omicron” variant fuels the country’s biggest outbreak since […]
‘SPAC frenzy’ has cooled in healthcare
[ad_1] The wave of shell company-led healthcare acquisitions has ebbed as valuations have dropped and financing has dried up. Special purpose acquisition companies experienced a meteoric rise in […]
Jury sides with Sutter Health in federal antitrust case
[ad_1] A jury sided with Sutter Health on Friday in the long-running federal lawsuit accusing the health system of anticompetitive business practices that drove up healthcare costs by […]
COVID-19 deaths in Massachusetts to drop under new counting method
[ad_1] The number of deaths in Massachusetts attributed to COVID-19 is expected to decline by nearly 4,000 because the state is adopting a new method of counting deaths […]