In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) signed a bill into law on Wednesday that makes threatening a healthcare worker a felony. Under the amended law, threats against a healthcare provider will be similar to other “special circumstance” batteries, which involve actual bodily harm and are punished more severely when…
Why does Big Tech often fail in healthcare?
If there were a graveyard for failed health IT projects, it would be cluttered with the tombstones of initiatives first launched with fanfare by Big Tech companies such as IBM, Google, Microsoft and Amazon. The question has been asked: Is healthcare too hard for Big Tech firms? That’s the perspective of industry veteran Kyle Silvestro,…
Will Prosecuting Medical Errors Lead to a Culture of Silence?
Healthcare workers are alarmed by the conviction of former Nashville nurse RaDonda Vaught, who now faces prison time over a medical error. “We could all and probably have been close to this situation because we’re continuously stretched too thin,” Kelsey Fassold, RN, an ICU nurse, said in a LinkedIn post. “We try so hard to…
The value of integrating in-person and virtual care
An array of disconnected, niche, point applications and ones that are not purpose-built for healthcare are fragmenting an already disjointed healthcare experience – and potentially marginalizing the role of local health systems in the lives of the communities they serve. Some health systems see a need to unify their virtual care capabilities across an integrated platform, telemedicine…
National Physicians Week; Top 10 States in Which to Practice
Welcome to this week’s edition of Healthcare Career Insights. This weekly roundup highlights healthcare career-related articles culled from across the web to help you learn what’s next.Few patients of color have providers with similar backgrounds – Only 22% of Black patients have a healthcare provider of the same race, study finds (Becker’s Hospital Review)The best…