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UCI Health names new CIO

Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health has named Julie Eastman as its new CIO. 

UCI Health names new CIO

Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health has named Julie Eastman as its new CIO. 

Nurse killed while trying to get patient out of road

A Michigan nurse was trying to get a patient out of the road July 23 when a car struck and killed her, NBC affiliate WDIV reported July 24.

Johns Hopkins All Children's caught in MOVEit breach

St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital was affected by the hacking of a vulnerability in software called MOVEit, which also affected Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and Health System, Fox affiliate WTVT reported July …

Bon Secours Mercy Health pilots virtual nursing at 3 sites, looks to expand to 48 hospitals

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health is piloting virtual nursing at three hospitals as it studies how it might expand the technology to all of its 48 hospitals.

Nearly 1 in 5 workers are 'loud quitting': Gallup

While “quiet quitting” remains a trend among the global workforce, employees are also “loud quitting,” Gallup finds.

Virtual care company Biofourmis lays off 120 employees

Virtual care provider Biofourmis has laid off 120 employees, including 48 in the U.S., as it looks to “right-size” the organization, the company confirmed to Becker’s.

The condition behind 1.4M emergency room visits a year

People with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia end up in the emergency room about 1.4 million times every year, according to recent findings from researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. 

Montana health system reports temporary disruptions during $25M Epic install

Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter’s Health is warning of a “temporary disruption” to patients accessing medical records and scheduling appointments caused by the health system’s $25 million transition to a new Epic EHR.

CDC starts tracking new variant: 6 COVID-19 updates

COVID-19-related hospitalizations nationwide are up this week by 10.3 percent, while the death rate continues to decline — down by 0.9 percent, according to CDC data.