Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health had its outlook revised to negative amid sustained operating pressures, S&P Global said July 13.
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Urgent need for safe nursing standards, nurse-to-patient ratios: American Nurses Association
Hospitals throughout the country may be launching a wide variety of initiatives to attract and retain nurses and build future pipelines, but creating standards for safe staffing — including minimum nurse-to-patient ratios — is the top priority when it …
The downside of remote work for women
The women’s workforce has largely benefitted from the pandemic-spurred surge in remote work offerings. Millions of mothers with young children who left the workforce in 2020 found balance with the ability to work from home, and there are now more women…
Google AI, 5G, virtual nursing: Innovation at Mayo, Cleveland Clinic, Intermountain
As artificial intelligence proliferates and virtual nursing expands, hospitals and health systems have been highly focused on innovation. Here are 17 projects Becker’s reported on in the past month.
Hospitals, health systems getting big grants for EHRs
Small, rural and safety-net hospitals across the U.S. are receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding and community grants to purchase and install EHRs.
'Only 2.8%?': Hospitals balk at Medicare's proposed outpatient pay increase
The American Hospital Association has raised concerns about CMS’ proposed outpatient hospital payment update of “only 2.8 percent” as the industry continues to battle persistent financial headwinds.
OSF exploring how AI could reduce ED wait times
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has employed a team of researchers to create machine learning models that can help reduce emergency department wait times, WCBU reported July 13.
VA opposes stricter oversight for Cerner EHR rollout
The Department of Veterans Affairs is pushing back against legislation that would require it to report codified improvement metrics for any new deployments of the Oracle Cerner EHR system, Washington Technology reported July 13.
Workers to hold pickets at 50 Kaiser facilities
Members of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions plan to hold pickets to protest what they say is a short staffing crisis and its effects on patients and caregivers.
UPMC Children's gets approval for 50,000-square-foot addition
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh received approval from the city planning commission to expand its heart institute by 50,000 square feet, the Tribune-Review reported July 13.
