(NewsNation) — A recent decision by the U.S. State Department to stop granting visas to international nurses for the rest of the year could possibly make a current shortage of health care workers worse, advocacy groups are warning. Now, the American Association of International Healthcare Recruitment, as well as the American Health Care Association/National Center for … Read more
(NewsNation) — Cyberattacks have played havoc with the bottom lines of companies all over the world. They’re also starting to kill people. Hackers “want to go attack folks who are going to pay,” said cybersecurity expert David Malicoat. “They want that money as quickly as possible.” In one case earlier this year, a Michigan woman with … Read more
Amanda Pritchard said same day care was one of the biggest changes in recent years (Image: Getty) A huge transformation of urgent and emergency care has spared hundreds of thousands of people overnight hospital stays, the head of the NHS says today. Specialist facilities aiming to diagnose, treat and discharge patients on the same day … Read more
Hospital stocks fell up to 11% on Friday, witnessing their second successive decline following the Supreme Court’s diktat on cost rationalisation. The biggest loser on an intraday basis was Max Healthcare Institute which hit the day’s low of Rs 706.45 on the NSE. It was followed by Yatharth Hospital & Trauma Care Services which plunged … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier Midwestern children’s hospital, and that the U.S. government is doing too little to prevent such breaches. Hospitals in recent years have shifted their use of online technology to support … Read more
More than 8,500 patients were being treated on virtual wards in the run-up to Christmas. But the so-called hospitals at home are not a “silver bullet”, nurses said. Figures from NHS Digital revealed some 8,586 patients in England were treated virtually in December, allowing most to have Christmas at home. Virtual wards allow patients to … Read more
