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This AI-Enabled Security System Just Launched a Way to Scan Ambulance Patients for Weapons
Most hospitals have some kind of security screening in place for visitors—but what about the patients? When a patient is…
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Tufts OR Nurses Say Leadership Endangers Patients Through Poor Staffing
Image source: Tufts Medicine The operating room nurses at one of Boston’s largest teaching hospitals have taken an extraordinary step…
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Nurses Among 15 Charged in Medicare Hospice Fraud Scheme That Paid ‘Fake Dying’ Patients
FBI SWAT teams fanned out across Southern California early Wednesday morning, executing arrest warrants on doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers…
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Doctor, Nurses & Techs Arrested for Allegedly Kidnapping and Drugging Patients for Profit
Federal authorities arrested Dr. Brian Hyatt, the former chair of the Arkansas State Medical Board, on charges of leading a…
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Return of the House Call: New Orleans Nurses Visit Postpartum Patients and Babies at Home
For a large part of history, healthcare, and especially maternity and postpartum care, primarily took place in the home. Modern…
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Nurse Practitioner Starts Medical Hotline for Somali Patients Too Scared to Seek Care
When Inspire Change Clinic opened its doors in Minneapolis, founder and nurse practitioner Munira Maalimisaq envisioned a safe space where…
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No More Call Bells? New ‘Silent Hospital’ Tech Helps Patients and Nurses Alike
As anyone who has ever tried to get some rest in a hospital can attest, hospitals aren’t exactly known for…
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531 MaineHealth Patients Mistakenly Receive Letter Saying They’re Dead
In an unusual and distressing incident, MaineHealth, the largest healthcare system servicing Maine and New Hampshire, mistakenly sent condolence letters…
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Nurse Who Killed 10 Patients To Ease Night Shift Workload Gets Life In Prison, In Germany
A palliative care nurse in Germany has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murdering 10 patients and…
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Bernie Sanders Sounds Alarm on Nurse Staffing Crisis: ‘Patients Are Suffering’
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) recently convened a hearing on the nation’s worsening nurse…
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