Novant Health Wallace Cancer Institute in Salisbury is the first facility in North Carolina to offer virtual reality headsets to patients receiving cancer treatment.
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VA investigating data breach that compromised sensitive credentials, source codes
A federal contractor published source codes containing sensitive credentials from the Department of Veterans Affairs, FedScoop reported Sept. 29.
Unions call for state intervention over post-strike patient care concerns at Connecticut hospital
Presidents of three unions are asking Connecticut officials to help address their concerns regarding patient care at Hartford HealthCare’s Windham and Backus hospitals.
Oracle implements changes to Cerner employee benefits
Oracle has changed some PTO benefits for certain Cerner employees who are classified as hourly, the Kansas City Business Journal reported Sept. 30.
New medical debt reporting rules falling short with some Americans: report
New rules designed to prevent medical debt from hurting credit scores are not helping everyone, according to a report from Kaiser Health News and NPR.
Hospitals likely to end 2022 in the red despite August boost, report says
U.S. hospital margins continue to fluctuate in 2022, making it likely hospitals will end the year in the red, according to strategic consulting company Kaufman Hall.
Moffitt launches health equity program
Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center launched a health equity program Oct. 3 to improve cancer health disparities locally and nationally.
US COVID-19 cases to jump 10% in next 2 weeks, Mayo forecasts
While COVID-19 cases have been falling for more than 10 consecutive weeks, modeling from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic suggests this trend will reverse over the next few weeks.
Tennessee outpatient center opens
Vanderbilt Health Pleasant View (Tenn.), an outpatient facility run by Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center staff, is now open.
Pharmacists can now administer monkeypox vaccine, HHS says
Five months after the U.S. first detected a monkeypox outbreak, and as health departments struggle to find enough supply of the world’s only-approved monkeypox vaccine to meet the demand, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra signed a declaration Sept. 30 …
