"Sepsis is a huge burden on everyone. It is the No. 1 cause of death in hospitals. It is the No. 1 cost of hospitalization. It is the No. 1 cause of readmission to hospitals. Sepsis is a huge public health crisis. Then you magnify this crisis on certain minority communities, and you have...
Unsurprisingly, more hospitals were compliant with the 300 consumer-friendly shoppable services portion of the rule than the machine-readable file portion, with 60% of hospitals complying with the shoppable services requirement.
One Iowa nurse quoted in the publication explained in stark terms how the continuing onslaught of COVID-19 is pushing nurses and other frontline healthcare workers beyond physical exhaustion and inflicting emotional damage on those who care for patients.
The risks of cyberattacks on hospitals and other healthcare settings was already high pre-pandemic, as these institutions work with sensitive data, like patient information. But attackers never let an opportunity go to waste, and they’ve already targeted the manufacturing and distribution of...
Treating patients with behavioral health issues such as substance abuse and social challenges such as homelessness pose several difficulties in emergency departments. For example, ED clinicians are under time pressure to treat patients with acute medical conditions and ED staff typically have...