One year ago, the Change Healthcare cyberattack caused a disruption of healthcare operations on a massive scale, resulting in outages, payment delays, and cancellation of patient appointments. The attack highlighted the need for healthcare organizations to strengthen their cyber preparedness and security posture and demonstrated the devastating impact an attack can have on care delivery.
Five years after the World Health Organization declared COVID a global pandemic and the first Trump administration announced a national emergency, the United States faces a crucial shortage of medical providers, below the projected need for an aging population.
A new diagnostic at-home urinalysis kit, set to ease the struggle with patient compliance with prostate cancer screenings, can now be ordered by physicians, is available to patients, and eligible for Medicare reimbursement.
Johnson says the two dozen quality measures that UnityPoint is focusing on are similar to the top quality metrics at other health systems. These include length of stay, mortality, hospital-acquired infections, and hospital-acquired conditions.
With the shortage of nurses at health systems, hospitals, and physician practices across the country, this one-hour webinar on Wednesday, May 7 will examine ways to address the nursing workforce shortage, including recruitment and retention strategies, care model redesign, and virtual nursing. Register now to save your spot!
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