Warehouse and distribution center storage prices are up 11 percent year over year, putting more pressure on the U.S. supply chain and consumer costs, according to a Feb. 13 report from CNBC.
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Strike set at Northwell hospital
Members of the New York State Nurses Association are set to strike Feb. 27 at South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y.
'A waste of $10B': Health system CIOs on CVS' Oak Street acquisition
On Feb. 8, CVS Health entered into an agreement to purchase primary care company Oak Street Health in an all-cash deal worth $10.6 billion, but some hospital and health system CIOs say this deal isn’t transformative as it isn’t big enough to “rattle” t…
Long COVID has more neurological effects than previously thought
Growing bodies of research continue to shed light on the effects of long COVID-19, including some that is leading one University of California Los Angeles physician, William Pittman, MD, to now say the condition is “a neurological disease” just as much…
Montana nonprofit hospitals oppose bill to increase state oversight
Montana’s nonprofit hospitals are pushing back on a proposed bill that would give the state more oversight powers on the ways hospitals claim they provide benefits to their communities in exchange for tax breaks, Kaiser Health News reported Feb. 13.&nb…
Amazon AI researcher joins clinical documentation startup
Zachary Lipton, PhD, research scientist at Amazon AI, was named chief scientific officer of artificial intelligence-powered medical documentation company Abridge.
UVA Health rolls out telehealth training, app for EMS
Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health will use iTreat to connect paramedics to stroke neurologists and emergency medicine physicians via telehealth.
Healthcare data for sale: How data brokers are packing, selling patient data
Telehealth and therapy apps are selling patient’s healthcare data to data brokers who are then packing and selling data starting at $275, The Washington Post reported Feb. 13.
UNC Health files to build 54-bed behavioral hospital
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health has filed paperwork to build a 54-bed inpatient behavioral hospital for pediatric patients in Granville County, the Triangle Business Journal reported Feb. 14.
Hawaii proposes increased funds for Medicaid to bring in $42M more annually, match Medicare
The governor of Hawaii is proposing additional state funding that would result in $42 million annually of increased Medicaid reimbursement.
