IU Health Goshen (Ind.) has suffered a data breach brought on by a virus that could have exposed personal information, including Social Security numbers, of 12,000 job applicants, according to a South Bend Tribune report.
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Louisville, Ky.-based Merit Health Systems, has finalized the sale of its Nix Health Care System, based in San Antonio, to Prospect Medical Holdings in Los Angeles, according to a Merit news release.
HHS has released a progress report on its efforts to reduce regulatory burdens, which highlights the eight proposed rules and nine final rules the agency has released as a result of its efforts.
Health insurance company Aetna recently reported fourth quarter net income that jumped 73 percent over the same quarter in 2010, an increase driven by low use of healthcare and reduction in key expenses, according to a Washington Post report.
UMass Memorial Health Care, based in Worcester, Mass., has informed employees it will cut 700-900 positions, or 6 percent of its workforce, according to a Boston Globe report.
Proper medication management is essential to maintain quality and patient safety in a healthcare organization. A key element of medication management is medication storage, which includes security, safety and integrity. Patricia Kienle, RPh, MPA, FASHP, director of accreditation and medication…
Critics are speaking out after an October veto by Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown led to the formal dissolution of the state's Board of Registered Nursing, which went into effect this year, according to a California Watch report.
The Beryl Institute has released a white paper that includes data from its 2011 benchmarking study on patient satisfaction as well as opportunities for healthcare providers to improve patient satisfaction rates.
The California Department of Public Health has fined Seton Medical Center in Daly City $100,000 after a patient in its long-term nursing unit suffocated and died from a medical error, according to a Mercury News report.
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services will begin reporting hospitals' central line associated-bloodstream infection rates on its Hospital Compare website, according to a Consumers Union news release.