Category: ROOT

'Everything cannot be accomplished all at once': Garnet Health CEO on how prioritizing goals can help reduce burnout

The term “burnout,” as it relates to clinicians, has become part of the lexicon in hospitals. Why are nurses leaving? They are burned out in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why are fewer doctors pursuing emergency specialties? Again, according to a …

COVID-19 virus can alter cell structure, study finds

The virus that causes COVID-19 has the ability to alter the genome structure of cells, which may play a role in long COVID-19, according to new findings from researchers at UTHealth Houston. 

Virginia hospital launches new EHR system

Fort Belvoir (Va.) Community Hospital, a Department of Defense medical facility, went live with its new EHR system MHS Genesis on March 25. 

SightMD to partner with the Ophthalmic Center, expand services

SightMD, an ophthalmic provider group, has partnered with the Ophthalmic Center on Long Island in New York, expanding its range of services. 

A hospital fight is renewed — over hospitals

Major hospital groups are ramping up resistance to physician-owned hospitals, which were checked by the Affordable Care Act but have recently become subject of renewed attention.

Bill aims to close 'shocking' healthcare fraud loophole

A congressman has introduced a bill aimed at closing a “shocking loophole” that has led to Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse, Kaiser Health News reported March 28. 

How a ransomware attack at a Indiana hospital in '21 is still costing money today

Franklin, Ind.-based Johnson Memorial Health spent six months trying to get their operations back to normal after Hive ransomware group ​​infiltrated its networks in October 2021, but it is still feeling the effects of the cyberattack two years later, …

Herb Watson, VCU 'legend' in nurse anesthesia, dies at 94

Herb Watson, CRNA, a “living legend” in nurse anesthesia education, died March 7 at age 94.

Nurse shortage declared global health emergency

The International Council of Nurses has declared nurse shortages to be a global health emergency, with 13 million nurses needing to be replaced globally in the coming years.

Mayor: 6 UPMC properties not paying 'fair share' in taxes

Facilities owned by Pittsburgh-based UPMC are among several properties the city’s mayor says should not enjoy their current tax-exempt status, according to a March 28 Public Source report.