As hospitals continue to do everything possible to attract nurses, building critically important pipelines has become a future promise — not a right-now solution.
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$400M Moffitt Cancer Center surgery hospital opening soon in Florida
A $400 million inpatient surgical hospital will open July 31 at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., according to a July 21 WUSF news release.
FDA releases strategy for Pfizer's damaged plant
There will not be immediate or significant disruptions to the U.S. hospital drug market after a tornado hit a Pfizer plant in Rocky Mount, N.C., according to the FDA.
Healthcare data breaches now average nearly $11M
The cost of a healthcare data breach is averaging nearly $11 million as hackers realize the value of the information stored by hospitals and health systems, a July 24 IBM report found.
Cross-market health system mergers to pick up steam
Some of the largest healthcare mergers and acquisitions over the last year were cross-market transactions, a trend that is expected to pick up steam despite the Federal Trade Commission taking a firmer stance on deals that could potentially violate fed…
Pay cuts continue in the C-suite
As companies endure difficult times, some are maintaining one cost-cutting measure from the pandemic’s early days: reduced pay for executives.
Child's life support removed, resulting in death while still conscious, lawsuit claims
A family is suing Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare after their 8-year-old son was taken off life support measures while he was still conscious, wdrb.com reported July 23.
AI medical record startup riddled with errors uses humans for backup
DeepScribe, a company focused on leveraging artificial intelligence to serve as a medical scribe, contracts with 200 humans to listen in on medical visit recordings and fix the AI’s errors, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Why this medical school is teaching residents to use chatbots for diagnosis
Physicians at Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are teaching students to use artificial intelligence chatbots to help diagnose cases, The New York Times reported July 22.
White House taps military surgeon to lead pandemic office
President Joe Biden has selected retired Maj. Gen. Paul Friedrichs, MD, to serve as inaugural director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, effective Aug. 7.
