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Biden issues order to protect Americans' personal data
President Joe Biden issued an executive order to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data — including health data — from countries of concern.
Epic install affects NCH Healthcare's operating performance
Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System’s operating performance weakened mainly because of challenges with labor, rising prices, longer hospital stays and the introduction of a new EHR system, according to a Feb. 28 Fitch report.
Mitch McConnell to exit Senate leadership post: 5 things to know
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will step down from his leadership post in November, multiple news outlets reported Feb. 28.
Where some COOs, CFOs are passing the baton
Nearly a quarter of health systems are appointing new executives to lead provider compensation — a function previously headed by COOs and CFOs, according to a recent report shared with Becker’s.
35% of 3rd-party breaches affect healthcare
Healthcare organizations experienced 35% of third-party breaches, according to a Feb. 28 report from Security Scorecard.
Weight loss drugs wrinkle economies worldwide
GLP-1s, such as Type 2 diabetes therapies Ozempic and Mounjaro and weight loss drug Wegovy, are expected to bulk up the U.S. economy as more Americans shed pounds.
Maryland hospital CEO agrees to restraining order after threat allegations
Scott Moran, MD, CEO of Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, a maximum-security forensic psychiatric hospital in Jessup, Md., agreed in court Feb. 28 to a restraining order prohibiting him from coming to Clifton as well as the state administrative offic…
'Be skeptical … but don't be cynical': How 4 hospitals use AI
Many hospital CEOs are finding new ways to use AI and encouraging colleagues to embrace positive changes.
Hospital staff experience workplace violence every 40 hours
Hospital staff members experience 1.17 aggressive events — verbal and/or physical — for every 40 hours worked, with more aggression events occurring when staff have significantly greater numbers of patients assigned to them, a recent study found.
Viewpoint: ED boarding has a solution, why haven't hospitals implemented it?
Emergency department boarding has a solution, but hospitals aren’t implementing it, according to Hashem Zikry, MD, a current emergency medicine physician at UCLA, and former chief resident in the emergency department at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
