As companies and organizations continue to face an escalation in cyberattacks, CIOs say their top investment priority in 2023 will be cybersecurity, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 17.
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Cedars-Sinai joins $31M investment for firm aiming to treat muscular dystrophy, cancer
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai joined a $31 million funding round for Vita Therapeutics, a company that uses genetics to develop new cellular therapies to treat muscular dystrophy and cancer.
HCA using ‘Zen lounges’ to help nurses fight burnout
A survey of nurses at HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake (Texas) revealed its nurses were burnt out. One-quarter were considering leaving the profession, 58 percent reported depressive symptoms and 65 percent reported burnout. HCA Houston is responding …
New Mexico ASC adds 2 knee replacement robots as industry competition heats up
New Mexico Surgery Center Orthopaedics, a 27-physician ASC in Albuquerque, installed the first two Rosa Knee robots in the state, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported Oct. 17
Strike looms at Connecticut hospital
Members of WCMH United Employees, AFT Local 5099, are set to begin a two-day strike Oct. 24 at Hartford HealthCare’s Windham Hospital in Willimantic, Conn.
Icahn School of Medicine receives $55.5M grant
The National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences awarded $55.5 million to the New York-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
33% of jobseekers will not interview without knowing the salary
Thirty-three percent of job-seekers will not go into an interview without knowing the salary upfront, according to an Oct. 18 report from CNBC based on a survey of 2,000 U.S. adults that have job hunted in the last five years.
Memorial Hermann to provide school-based pediatric telehealth
Houston-based Children’s Memorial Hermann has partnered with telehealth company Hazel Health to provide outpatient pediatric care to K-12 students in Houston.
Some CommonSpirit affiliates in the process of restoring IT systems
Seattle-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has begun the process of restoring its IT systems that were taken offline during the ransomware attack that impacted Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health hospitals across the country.
Ascension Seton breaks ground on joint venture ASC
Ascension Seton Health Center Georgetown (Texas) has broken ground on a 60,000-square-foot building that will house a 19,664-square-foot surgery center, according to an Oct. 17 report from Hello Georgetown.
