There’s a plethora of factors propelling the upward trend of hospital-acquired infections and outbreaks, meaning hospitals’ prevention efforts need to be complex, too, experts told Becker’s.
The death toll has risen to nine Americans in an ongoing fungal meningitis outbreak linked to clinics in Mexico that more than 208 U.S. citizens traveled to for cosmetic procedures.
Heritage Valley Health System, based in Beaver, Pa., is facing a lawsuit for allegedly using pixel tracking technology on its website that allowed third parties to gain access to some patients’ protected health information.
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is using an AI-based chatbot program that helps its patients’ navigate their care options. The aim is not to remove humans from care, but to adhere to patients’ needs in a way that is easier for them, Seattle Mag…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is accusing Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare of discriminating against an employee and retaliating against him when the employee reported discrimination, according to a lawsuit.
Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Health, a 20-hospital system, entered into an affiliation agreement July 26 to acquire the Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center based in Jasper, Ind.