California has the most practicing anesthesiologists of any state, according to data collected in January 2023 by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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VA identifies 4 patient safety issues with Oracle Cerner EHR
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has identified four major patient safety issues with the problematic Oracle Cerner EHR implementation.
Pain Consultants of East Tennessee opens new facility with ASC
Pain Consultants of East Tennessee has opened a new 27,000-square-foot facility in Knoxville with a certified ASC.
5 ways HCA fosters a culture of safety
Quality patient outcomes cannot happen without safety as a foundation, Karla Miller, MD, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s chief patient safety officer, wrote in a March 13 blog post. The hospital operator, like many others, emphasizes patient sa…
Only 44% of quality measures have improved since 2000: AHRQ
A refreshed federal report shows the healthcare industry’s efforts to improve care quality is lagging, with only 44 percent of quality measures improving over the past two decades.
Lawsuit alleges that Amazon asked for medical histories on applications
Current and former employees of retail giant Amazon have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company in an Illinois county court, alleging that the company made employment decisions based on genetic information obtained during the application proc…
Viewpoint: Medical schools should be rated, not ranked
Medical schools should not be pitted against one another in rankings. Instead, they should be rated based on how successfully they achieve their own missions, according to a recent Medpage Today opinion piece.
Massachusetts hospitals spent $1.5B on temporary staffing in fiscal 2022
Massachusetts hospitals spent $1.3 billion more on temporary staffing in fiscal 2022 than they did in pre-pandemic times, according to a March 13 Commonwealth Magazine report.
VA taking a different approach to implementing Oracle Cerner EHR system
The Department of Veterans Affairs is restructuring its protocol for upcoming Oracle Cerner EHR go-lives by developing a dashboard that determines whether a particular site is ready to migrate to the new system, according to a March 10 report from the …
Broward Health names new CIO
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health has named Steven Travers, PhD, as its new vice president and CIO.
