Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
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Emergent BioSolutions to close 2 sites, start layoffs
Emergent BioSolutions is consolidating operations, closing two manufacturing plants and laying off about 300 employees, the Maryland-based drugmaker said May 1. -
Hospitals gain ground in mitigating HAIs
Hospitals are gaining ground in reducing healthcare-associated infections after unprecedented highs during the COVID-19 pandemic, data from The Leapfrog Group's spring safety grades show. -
Nurse pleads guilty in nursing home patient deaths
Heather Pressdee, a Pennsylvania nurse, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and 19 counts of attempted homicide, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported May 1.
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Intermountain expands AI copilot enterprisewide
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is rolling out an AI copilot from Microsoft's Nuance enterprisewide in a move to increase clinical and operational efficiency. -
People in rural counties more likely to die of preventable causes: CDC
Americans living in rural counties are more likely to die of preventable causes than those living in urban areas, a new CDC study suggests. -
Noncompete ban complicates hospital staffing issues: Fitch
The Federal Trade Commission's final rule banning noncompete clauses could hit nonprofit hospitals with more staffing complications at a time when they are still adapting to the upward reset of wages and have only begun to rein in labor costs, according to a May 2 report by Fitch Ratings. -
What it's like when your EHR shuts down
When a hospital's EHR went down recently, staff communicated with patients and one another more and cut down on unnecessary tests and documentation, a medical resident wrote in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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14 more health system leaders to design 'smart hospital' model
Fourteen more health system leaders have been added to an advisory panel defining standards for what constitutes a "smart hospital." -
Oracle Health workforce steadily decreases
Since acquiring EHR vendor Cerner, Oracle Health's local workforce has decreased, the Kansas City Business Journal reported April 30. -
2 WVU Medicine hospitals move to Epic
South Charleston, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals went live with an Epic EHR system on May 1. -
11 hospital, health system CEO resignations
Several hospital and health system CEOs have stepped down or announced plans to step down from their positions.
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The condition EDs often miss in children
Seizures are telltale signs of epilepsy, but a subtle type of seizure in children is less likely to be noticed by emergency department physicians, which may lead to delays in diagnosis and treatment, according to new research. -
Kansas system to acquire 1st hospital in Missouri
The University of Kansas Health System and Liberty (Mo.) Hospital have signed definitive agreements for the hospital and its clinics to join the Kansas City-based health system. -
The man with the longest-lasting COVID-19 infection: Case study
The person with the longest consecutive COVID-19 infection was a 72-year-old man in Amsterdam who was documented to have the infection for 612 days, Scientific American reported May 1. -
Major cities with the highest, lowest salaries singles need to live comfortably
GOBankingRates released a new study April 30 that determined the minimum salary a single adult would need to live comfortably in 100 major U.S. cities. -
Cone Health opens renovated heart hospital
Cone Health opened its new and renovated heart center after a $34.2 million investment. -
Bird flu vaccines are ready, milk is safe, and 3 other updates
The U.S. has two vaccines ready to circulate if bird flu begins spreading easily to humans, with doses that could begin shipping widely within weeks, if needed, NBC News reported May 1. -
Georgia system reopens hospital to inpatient services
Piedmont Augusta (Ga.) is reopening the emergency department and inpatient services at its Summerville campus after converting the location into an outpatient campus over a year ago. -
Ex-Illinois hospital COO sentenced in fraud scheme
An attorney who worked as a vice president and COO of an Illinois hospital and pleaded guilty to a federal mail fraud charge has been sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison. -
Groups leaving MGMA
On May 1, the Arizona Medical Group Management Association told the national MGMA it would end its affiliation. In the last few months, numerous other organizations have done the same and rebranded as Healthcare Leaders Associations.
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