United Hospital Supply Corp. has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 17 serious violations, three willful violations and one other-than-serious violation.
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Viewpoint: Family physicians can't fight for health equity alone
The best resource to improve health equity is already embedded in the U.S. healthcare system: family physicians. But they cannot do the work alone, Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, wrote in an opinion piece published May 17 in U.S. News and World Report.
Pharmaceutical experts weigh in on strengthening supply chain: 3 takeaways
Several breakdown areas in the pharmaceutical supply chain were brought to light by COVID-19, but looking ahead, three areas should be at the core of improvements, experts say: health equity, trust and communication, and public-private partnerships.&nb…
PeaceHealth gets pushback for palliative care cuts
Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth is ending comprehensive outpatient palliative care May 26 and reducing staff to one nurse and one social worker for in-home care, Cascadia Daily reported May 16.
Employee sues Michigan psych hospital over role in active shooter drill
An employee is suing Northville Township, Mich.-based Hawthorn Center for instructing him to act as an active shooter in an unannounced drill that resulted in him being handcuffed and detained, Click On Detroit reported May 17.
'It should concern anyone who could be a patient': Where prior authorization is headed, per 1 surgeon
Payers are constantly changing prior authorization rules, keeping physicians and physician staff on their toes over what procedures may or may not be approved.
Is TAVR effective? Ohio hospitals investigate
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is under scrutiny in Ohio after updated data show a higher mortality rate and cost than expected, the Scioto Valley Guardian reported May 17.
Iowa hospital to seek critical access designation
Carroll, Iowa-based St. Anthony Regional Hospital will apply to become a critical access hospital, the Carroll Times Herald reported May 17.
Why the US debt ceiling breach could be catastrophic for hospitals
The full effect a U.S. debt ceiling breach would have on healthcare is unknown but, Sara Rosenbaum, emerita professor at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., told Barron’s on May 12 that “If the federal government can’t pay the bills, the …
3 recent updates in the nurse degree scheme
There have been no reports so far of a patient being harmed by an unqualified nurse involved in Operation Nightingale — a coordinated scheme to sell more than 7,600 fake diplomas and transcripts to aspiring nurses, enabling them to sit for the National…
