Category: ROOT

3 ways Geisinger is combating the rise of workplace violence

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, violence and abuse toward healthcare workers has skyrocketed. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that professionals in the healthcare industry experience violence at five times the rate of indivi…

45% of patients infected with H. pylori do not receive proper treatment, 1st of its kind study finds

A new study published in Nature found major gaps in the treatments of patients infected with Helicobacter pylori, bacteria that can lead to stomach ulcers and is persistently found to be a risk factor for gastric cancer — the fourth-deadliest cancer wo…

Nurses feel unprepared for future pandemics, unsupported by employers, survey finds

Forty-one percent of nurses nationwide do not feel prepared for a future variant, surge or pandemic, data from the American Nurses Foundation’s survey revealed.

FDA yanks Evusheld's authorization

On Jan. 26, the FDA revoked its emergency use authorization for Evusheld, a monoclonal antibody authorized to treat COVID-19, after finding it’s ineffective against about 90 percent of circulating variants. 

4 new cardiology ASCs

Here are four newly opened or proposed cardiology-focused ASCs reported by Becker’s since Jan. 12:

The growth of GI Alliance: A timeline

In November, 2018, Southlake, Texas-based management services company GI Alliance was formed through a partnership between Waud Capital Partners and Texas Digestive Disease Consultants. 

5,264 patient records breached at Live Oak Surgery Center

Plano, Texas-based Live Oak Surgery Center is currently investigating a breach affecting 5,264 patients, according to a report from the Department of Health and Humans Services and a Jan. 3 press release from the ASC. 

GI Alliance partners with Connecticut GI

Dallas-based GI Alliance, a gastroenterology management organization, has partnered with Rocky Hill-based Connecticut GI.

Delaware health system taps chief people officer

Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare has named Ashley Foster its senior vice president and chief people officer, effective Feb. 27. 

CoxHealth names senior VP, area hospital president

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth has promoted Ashley Casad to senior vice president of system operations and president of its Springfield hospitals.