VA Plans Nearly $5B Infrastructure Investment for Health Care Facilities
The funding will support facility repairs, equipment upgrades, and modernization projects across the VA health system.
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Carilion Clinic Partners With Philips for Cardiovascular Care
Carilion Clinic has partnered with Philips to adopt its cardiovascular care ecosystem for the new Cardiovascular Institute.
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CommonSpirit Hospitals Shut Down EHR Systems After IT Incident
An IT security event forced facilities affiliated with Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health to shut down their electronic health records. One such hospital was MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center in Iowa, according to an article in the Des Moines Register.
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VA Plans Nearly $5B Infrastructure Investment for Health Care Facilities
The funding will support facility repairs, equipment upgrades, and modernization projects across the VA health system.
Children’s National Hospital Performs First-Ever Brain Surgery Using High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound
Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital successfully performed the first-ever high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) surgery on a pediatric patient with neurofibromatosis. This is the youngest patient to undergo HIFU treatment in the world.
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CareView Communications Expands Partnership with Alabama-Based Hospital
USA Health is currently utilizing CareView’s Patient Safety System which includes a variety of camera solutions.
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Gunman Opens Fire in NYC ER Waiting Room
A man was shot in a New York City hospital waiting room during an altercation but did not sustain life-threatening injuries. No one else was harmed.
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Hospital Room Surfaces Pose Low Risk of Spreading SARS-CoV-2, Experts Say
Hospital rooms where COVID patients were treated had little to no active virus contaminations on surfaces, according to a study at Duke University Hospital that adds to the body of research on how the pandemic respiratory virus is spread.
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Desperate Hospital Borrows Ventilators from State Stockpile: ‘Every Day Is a New Record’
The ongoing surge in positive COVID-19 cases has caused a significant equipment shortage, resulting in health systems needing to borrow medical devices.
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Denver Hospitals Full with One-in-Four City Residents Infected with COVID
Denver hospitals are looking to relieve patient capacity struggles, sometimes transferring patients to hospitals outside Denver, as necessary.
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MilliporeSigma Awarded Contract for Lateral Flow Membrane Production Facility
MilliporeSigma's $136.7 million contract fits into an effort to ensure secure local supply and production capacity for pandemic preparedness products.
