Medical supplies that weren't properly disposed of caused 2,700 gallons of sewage to spill near medical offices in Moultrie, Ga., local ABC affiliate WTXL reported. 

Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:

In a second round of layoffs, Columbia, S.C.-based Prisma Health said it is letting 327 employees go in an effort to improve operating efficiencies.

Though TikTok is perhaps best known for its endless scroll of dancing and lip-syncing videos — courtesy of a predominantly Generation Z-aged user base — some users have found the app to be a useful platform for dispensing and receiving medical advice.

In the next year, global IT spending is expected to reach a total of $3.9 trillion, led by rapid growth in the enterprise software segment, according to a new Gartner report.

In 2020, the technology industry will veer off the beaten path and place greater importance on discontinuity and disruption, according to a new report from CB Insights.

Anti-vaccine sentiment may be fueling many millennials' decision to skip the flu shot, according to a survey from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Blood pressure rises more rapidly in women than in men, while also beginning earlier in life, according to a study published Jan. 15 in JAMA Cardiology. 

Officials say a quarantined patient at Barbourville (Ky.) Appalachian Regional Healthcare was misdiagnosed, CBS affiliate WYMT reports.

SSM Health Oklahoma has named Angi Mohr, RN, BSN, president of SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital–Shawnee (Okla.), effective Feb. 8.

Two labor unions have pledged to derail a plan to replace the District of Columbia's only public hospital on the Southeast Side unless its members can keep their jobs and union contract, Bloomberg Law reports.

If you want patients to respond to hospital and health system outreach, send them a text.

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health announced on Jan. 15 a new partnership with Lirio, beginning with a direct investment in the artificial intelligence software startup's behavior change platform.

Highmark Health and subsidiary Allegheny Health Network, both in Pittsburgh, announced on Jan. 15 the expansion of their longtime collaboration with Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine, creating one of the nation's largest women's health-focused research initiatives.

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is suing U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff for asking social media platforms to remove inaccurate vaccine information, saying his request amounts to censorship of free speech.

A man who recently returned to Japan after visiting China has tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus that has been linked to the pneumonia outbreak in China, according to a Time report.

A nurses union and other community leaders are fighting to prevent Montefiore Health System from closing its 121-bed Mount Vernon (N.Y.) Hospital, according to Lohud.com.

A Court of Claims this week dismissed a lawsuit filed by Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health that claimed Michigan regulators wrongly rejected its application to build a hospital, according to Crain's Detroit Business.

A Las Vegas Walgreens will be the first to house one of 14 UnitedHealthcare Medicare service centers set to open this year.

West Virginia University Health System built its radiology department a new reading room, which offers the ability to load studies performed by outside organizations directly into WVU Medicine's Epic EHR system, according to a Jan. 13 news release.