At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey healthcare facilities were already battling staffing shortages, which were exacerbated in 2020, according to a March 2023 report from New Jersey’s largest healthcare worker union, Health Professionals a…
Genentech, Roche’s biotech company based in South San Francisco, is closing a plant and laying off 265 workers, Mercury News reported March 25.
Florida police arrested a former Tallahassee hospital pharmacist amid concerns over his mental health and a cache of weapons. Homemade explosives, 25 guns, body armor and hundreds of ammunition rounds were found in his car, according to the Tallahassee…
The last remaining asset of the shuttered pain management practice and surgery center chain Advanced Pain Management, a 10,000-square-foot medical office building in Racine, Wis., has sold for twice the court-approved minimum bid.
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center released a brief March 23 on how healthcare organizations can ensure mobile device security.
Berlin, Md.-based Atlantic General Hospital is notifying patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised after a ransomware attack took down its IT systems.
When the FDA updated the 1992 Mammography Quality Standards Act to require patients be informed directly if they have dense breasts, the move may have opened a “Pandora’s box,” Elisa Port, MD, chief of breast surgery at New York City-based Mount Sinai …
The Federal Trade Commission said it is expecting to look into more telehealth startups who are sharing consumer data with third parties, The Wall Street Journal reported March 26.
Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health’s Chief Clinical Officer, Syed Hussain, MD, said newer forms of healthcare delivery, such as telehealth and home-care services have been helping retain its workforce, Yale Daily News reported March 27.
Indianapolis-based Eskenazi Health is launching a $60 million multiyear campaign aimed at reducing health inequities in its service area, according to a March 27 Indianapolis Star report.
