Cybersecurity firm CynergisTek announces a six-figure expansion contract with a large, multisite health system to conduct medical device security assessment and program development services.
The U.S. reached a grim milestone on Friday, October 1, with the nation recording more than 700,000 COVID-19-related deaths. But is the devastation unleashed by the Delta variant finally subsiding? Fox 29 investigates.
When 20 ventilators from the State of New York arrived without a pre-arranged delivery time on the shipping dock of Long Island Community Hospital at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the hospital’s clinical engineering team kicked into high gear. But the arrival of the ventilators was only the start of the CE team’s work.
Smiths Medical announces that Ft. Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health has integrated its PharmGuard Infusion Management System with its electronic health record system to establish bi-directional interoperability across all hospital in its health system.
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Cleveland Clinic and IBM have announced a planned 10-year partnership to establish the Discovery Accelerator, a joint Cleveland Clinic-IBM center with the mission of advancing healthcare through the use of high-performance computing on the hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing technologies.
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Using Aruba wireless, switching, management, and security solutions, Children’s of Alabama is implementing critical new capabilities that improve patient experiences, while streamlining operations and reducing costs.
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Two former employees at Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Hospital, along with a medical supply distributor, have been charged with wire fraud based upon a scheme to steal medical devices from Beaumont Hospital and then sell them on the internet.
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Yale New Haven Health has won the 2020 Excellence in Health Care Facility Management Award for its systemwide process alignment, software ecosystem improvements, and data standardization.
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In response to a cyberattack that affected its extensive healthcare operations, King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services released a statement. Read it here.
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Tampa General Hospital and Royal Philips have inked a deal in which the hospital will have early and ongoing access to the latest Philips innovations over a seven-year period.
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The University of Miami Health System has launched the UHealth Televigilance program, allowing providers to remotely monitor and care for COVID-19 patients who might otherwise need to continue care in inpatient settings.
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announces that John Deere has shipped 134,600 face shields to 49 VA medical centers in 27 states at no cost in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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If a second wave of COVID-19 hits like experts predict, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may not have sufficient masks and other medical gear to fight the disease, VA officials acknowledge.
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A new analysis of more than 2 million patient visits and encounters from 228 hospitals in 40 states reveals just how significant the wave of delayed care is due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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At the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, UPS has delivered the first VOCSN V+Pro critical care ventilators produced by General Motors and Ventec Life Systems in Kokomo, Ind., to Franciscan Health Olympia Fields in Olympia Fields, Ill., and Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
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