El Camino Health serves residents in the San Francisco Bay Area with two not-for-profit acute care hospitals in Los Gatos and Mountain View. The health system also includes 19 clinics. Like so many health systems,…
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Pharmacies have a people problem. Pharmacists – the nerve center of the operation – are working harder than ever to keep up, burning out and leaving the profession. Overburdened by swelling administrative tasks and…
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Stryker, a global leader in medical technologies, announced today a definitive agreement to acquire care.ai, a privately held company specializing in delivering AI-assisted virtual care workflows, smart room technology, and ambient intelligence solutions. The…
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Ultimately improving the quality of care healthcare systems deliver and preventing harm requires a degree of self-reflection.Along with digital transformation, putting an easy-to-use incident reporting system in place can help healthcare organizations address today’s…
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The House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs committees introduce legislation related to the VA’s implementation of Oracle Health:
Rollouts will be paused until the facilities that are live on the system “have recovered to return…
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The workforce crisis is one of the most pressing — arguably the most pressing — issues plaguing the healthcare industry, and the problem isn’t going away unless healthcare providers across the country start taking…
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Healthcare’s shortage of workers might be the biggest issue plaguing the industry. Low staffing levels are not only putting more pressure on workers who are already burnt out, but they’re also leading to employee…
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Last week, UNC Health published a study showing that Laudio’s automation software saved the health system millions of dollars in annual nurse turnover costs.
Laudio did not sponsor the study — it was an independent…
About 100,000 nurses left their jobs in the past two years, and another 610,388 are likely to leave the profession by 2027. This nursing shortage leaves those who are still working in the profession…
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Most health system executives would describe the severity of the nursing shortage in their organization as critical, but many hospitals aren’t employing the right tactics for hiring and retaining nurses, according to a report…
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