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A Georgia health system gave location-tracking badges to 10,000 staff members for safety — it worked

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 10:33

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Style

A nurse wearing a badge on a lanyard and smiling at a patient who is in bed. — Nurses often have the most direct contact with patients, which can affect their safety in the workplace.
Courtesy of Getty/LaylaBird

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U.S. Faces Critical IV Fluid Shortage

Thu, 10/10/2024 - 11:50

Iv Fluids

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Tampa Bay's main hospital is built on a low-lying island. Hurricane Milton could push its defenses to the limit.

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 09:06

An AquaFence flood wall is put into place around Tampa General Hospital ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected mid-week landfall in Tampa, Florida on October 8, 2024. Storm — An AquaFence flood wall was placed around Tampa General Hospital ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected midweek landfall in Tampa, Florida, on October 8.
BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images

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Some US hospitals are canceling non-emergency surgeries and procedures amid the global IT outage

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 14:15

Lonely patient sitting on the hospital bed — Hospital systems are seeing effects to patient care stemming from the global Crowdstrike IT outage.
Twenty47studio/Getty Images

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Big corporate American hospitals now want you to pay up front for surgery

Fri, 05/10/2024 - 06:11

A close up of a surgeon using surgical instruments. — Some corporate-owned hospitals are demanding payment up front for surgeries.
Halfpoint Images/Getty Images

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Hospital wait times will still be bad this year, even with labor gains

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 06:03

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Medical professional, nurse, or doctor sitting — The US is slowly recovering from a physician shortage.
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images

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Why America's hospitals are on life support

Mon, 03/11/2024 - 05:26

A loan shark about to eat a hospital — Anson Chan for BI

In community after community, the hospitals keep closing. In 2018, it was Northside Regional Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio.

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Oldest siblings tend to make more money. Researchers have a new theory that explains why.

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 06:03

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

older younger sibling — Researchers have a new theory for why older siblings tend to make more money than their younger siblings.
Getty Images

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Healthcare startups are rushing to sell AI to hospital systems. But a new survey suggests many simply aren't ready for it.

Mon, 02/19/2024 - 23:39

Tech Insider : Technology

Two surgeons, automated robot arms and a patient — As startups seek to bring AI to the healthcare industry, many health systems don't have clear policies in place to govern the tech.
Getty Images

Healthcare, Tech, AI, Hospitals, Healthcare, medicine, artificial-intelligence

The Red Cross has seen a 40% decrease in blood donations over the last 20 years. Experts say Gen Z is to blame.

Sun, 01/14/2024 - 15:12

An American Red Cross bloodmobile is parked. — An American Red Cross bloodmobile.
Photo by Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

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