Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital has agreed to pay $240,000 to resolve data privacy allegations after 23 security guards allegedly looked through patient medical records without a job-related purpose, according to a July 31 report from Medscape.
Louisiana has become the 12th state to enact surgical smoke evacuation legislation, which will go into effect in the state Aug. 1, according to a July 26 report from The Advocate.
West Virginia is the worst state for healthcare, according to personal finance site WalletHub.
Minnesota is the best state for healthcare, according to personal finance site WalletHub.
A method called the cell-saver program collects, cleans and returns a patient’s blood lost during a surgery to avoid blood transfusions, according to a July 27 report from FOX/ABC affiliate WFVX.
Irene Kimura, MD, a physician based in Moses Lake, Wash., has had her medical license revoked following an investigation into two patient overdoses and unprofessional conduct, CBS affiliate KREM reported July 26.
California had the most adverse action and medical malpractice payment reports in 2022 and the first three months of 2023, according to data from the National Practitioner Data Bank collected from Jan. 1, 2022, to March 31.
Massachusetts is the state with the lowest job resignation rate, according to personal finance site WalletHub.
Delaware is the state with the highest job resignation rate, according to personal finance site WalletHub.
Around 25 percent of U.S. medical students “almost never” attend in-person classes, while 14.2 percent “almost never” attend virtual classes, according to a new report from the Association of American Medical Colleges, which polled over 12,000 med…
