The COVID-19 pandemic has changed medicine forever. Its impact is especially apparent in hospital pharmacies. Many such pharmacies took on new job responsibilities during the pandemic. They faced increased prescription demand, changes to medication-use guidelines, and new responsibilities to fill hospital gaps in sanitization and disinfection. As a result ofContinue Reading
Data breaches are increasing in frequency across the globe. These cyberattacks pose serious threats to the healthcare industry. Data breaches increase a hospital’s 30-day mortality rate. They cost an average of $6.5 million to fix, or $429 per patient record. These costs relate to legal, technical, and regulatory functions asContinue Reading
While staffing shortages have impacted innumerable industries internationally, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting production shutdowns, an ongoing shortage in nursing home staffing is creating a new epidemic to fear. These staffing shortages have grown so much in severity that 78% of nursing homes fear closure asContinue Reading