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Nurse Discharged After “Hugging” Colleague 

Scrubs

He was discharged from Auckland City Hospital without conviction after accidentally making one of his coworkers uncomfortable. The incident occurred in February 2021. He was then discharged on the spot. A nurse in New Zealand is out of a job for hugging one of his colleagues too tightly.

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Behavioral Healthcare Provider Settles HIPAA Risk Analysis Investigation for $225,000

The HIPAA Journal

On December 6, 2021, OCR received a complaint that DOCS had impermissibly disclosed electronic protected health information (ePHI) online. Patient discharge forms could be accessed via the Internet without authorization. The discharge summaries of 35 patients were exposed online from at least December 2021 until May 19, 2023.

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Can Finding A Nursing Home Be An Enjoyable Process? By Applying The Hotel Model, This Entrepreneur Says Yes

Forbes Healthcare

Donnelly says around 25% of its enquiries come from National Health Service discharge teams and social workers looking to place patients in nursing, dementia and palliative care. Donnelly cofounded the startup in 2021 along with his brother Chris, an alum of the 2020 Forbes Under 30 Europe Media & Marketing list.

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Sleep: Watch This Space

The Healthcare Blog

But in 2012, neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard, identified a unique network of delicate channels (tiny passages alongside blood vessels) inside the brain that collect and discharge brain metabolites and waste materials including amyloid. This system, or ultimate brainwasher as some labeled it, was formally titled the glymphatic system.

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Aflac Finds Health Care and Financial Stress will “Dampen 2021 Holiday Magic” in U.S. Households

Health Populi

householders that experienced COVID-19 expect their 2021 December holidays will be impacted in terms of reducing their holiday gift or decor spending, canceling holiday travel plans to see family or friends, or canceling holiday events, according to the 2021 Aflac Health Care Issues Survey. Aflac polled 1,003 U.S.

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The Digital Transformation of Home for Health – Brainstorming with Karsten Russell-Wood of Philips

Health Populi

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. We brainstormed just as CES 2021 was going to “open,” virtually, for the consumer electronics conference’s first all-virtual meeting. Take George and Audrey.

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Hospitals Continue to Lose Money in Year 2 of the Pandemic

Health Populi

hospitals’ operating margins went negative in January 2021 after turning north for the first time in December 2020 since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the February 2021 Hospital Flash Report from Kaufman Hall, commissioned by AHA, the American Hospitals Association. The resulting revenue results among U.S.