A 6-year-old with a brain tumor at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., has become the second pediatric recipient of an ultrasound treatment for this particular type of cancer, The Washington Post reported Sept. 25.
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CEO of Optum's payment integrity to retire
Cheryl Knaut, CEO of Optum’s payment integrity, said she plans to retire at the beginning of October.
Patient safety data missing after Maryland cyberattack
A ransomware attack hindered the state of Maryland’s ability to monitor patient safety at hospitals, The Washington Post reported.
Microsoft-owned AI company data breach affects 1.2 million patients
Nuance Communications, a healthcare artificial intelligence company owned by Microsoft, announced that 13 of its healthcare clients’ data was affected by the MoveIt software breach, The HIPAA Journal reported Sept. 19.
An exodus of accountants
Accountants are leaving the profession in droves, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 22.
Patient safety events more than tripled across Maryland hospitals in 3 years
State data showed patient safety events in Maryland’s 62 hospitals more than tripled between 2019 and 2022, reaching the highest level recorded since 2004, The Washington Post reported Sept. 24.
Mayo, Mercy team up on algorithms
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and St. Louis-based Mercy are teaming up to design algorithms that can help diagnose a range of diseases, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 24.
UMMC team performs world's 2nd transplant of genetically modified pig heart
A team at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore has successfully completed a transplant of a genetically modified pig heart into a human patient with end-stage cardiovascular disease.
Veradigm shares to be delisted
Veradigm, previously known as Allscripts, said it received a notice from Nasdaq stating that its shares would be delisted due to noncompliance.
UCSF nurses link workplace violence to hiring freeze
The union representing registered nurses at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center says a hiring freeze announced earlier this year has exacerbated staffing problems and led to an increase in reported instances of workplace violence…
