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  • Looking Ahead Post-ViVE: AI, Security Concerns, and Industry Transactions

    Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and significant partnerships shaping the future of healthcare were among the key takeaways from four days at ViVE 2024. Here are the other highlights of the best moments from the annual healthtech industry gathering and a look ahead.

  • NIOSH Releases Guide to Improve Healthcare Worker Burnout

    As part of its campaign to address healthcare worker burnout, NIOSH on March 18 released a guide designed to help hospital leaders improve healthcare worker wellbeing.

  • Three Ways CMOs Can Improve Maternal Care

    U.S. maternal mortality rates have been rising, with the rate pegged at 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2021, compared with a rate of 23.8 in 2020 and 20.1 in 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  • Geisinger’s Plan to Boost Quality and Patient Experience Through Virtual Nursing

    Virtual nursing provides new opportunities for nurses to have more flexibility, and for hospitals to use their staff more efficiently. A single nurse can now observe more patients at once, and watch for signs of patient discomfort or distress. Tenured nurses can stay employed longer, without having to worry about working long shifts, and they can support new nurses virtually.

  • Health System CMO Shares Impact of Change Healthcare Cyberattack

    According to an American Hospital Association survey, 94% of hospitals have experienced a financial impact from the Change Healthcare cyberattack, with more than half of hospitals reporting a significant or serious impact. The survey found the cyberattack has impacted the cash flow at 80% of hospitals, with 60% of those hospitals reporting an impact on revenue of at least $1 million per day. The survey also found that 74% of hospitals reported direct patient care being affected.

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