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The Nursing Shortage Means Job Opportunities

Prism Career Institute

In Pennsylvania, there are projected to be nearly 3,000 job openings for PNs per year from 2022 to 2032 and 1,390 per year in New Jersey. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) predicts an increased need for PNs and VNs between 2023 to 2033, with over 54,000 job openings projected each year.

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Can EHRs Expand to Become Health Systems’ “Platform of Platforms” (UDHPs)?

The Healthcare Blog

A December 2022 Gartner Market Guide report characterized the long-term potential: The [U]DHP shift will emerge as the most cost-effective and technically efficient way to scale new digital capabilities within and across health ecosystems and will, over time, replace the dominant era of the monolithic electronic health record (EHR).

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HHS-OIG Settles Alleged EMTALA Violations with 3 Healthcare Providers

The HIPAA Journal

Pitt County Memorial Hospital (ECU Health Medical Center), North Carolina Pitt County Memorial Hospital, doing business as ECU Health Medical Center (formerly Vidant Medical Center) in Greenville, North Carolina, was investigated by HHS-OIG over an alleged failure to provide an emergency medical screening examination to a patient in March 2022.

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What is a medical assistant? Exploring the different types of medical assistants

Mildred Elley

As an administrative medical assistant, you could assist the doctor in a more organizational and office work role. Over 114,000 jobs are projected to open each year for medical assistants in various medical environments that require their services.(2)

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Woman Gets “Second Chance” After Doctors Remove 100-Lb. Ovarian Cyst

Scrubs

Allison Fisher has a whole new outlook on life after undergoing one of the most shocking surgical procedures in medical history. The symptoms lasted over a year, but the 20-year-old decided to ignore the pain because she doesn’t like discussing her weight with medical professionals. “I was scared. .

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Nurse Historian/Fulbright Scholar Explores the History of Filipino-American Nurses

Minority Nurse

Capucao is working toward a PhD at the University of Virginia School of Nursing , and his scholarship has shown so much promise that he has been named a Fulbright Scholar for 2022-23 and will be a Fellow at the University of the Philippines, Manila.

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AI in Healthcare Cybersecurity: A Step Towards Robust Data Protection

Arkenea

Shields Healthcare Group In May 2022, a medical imaging service provider in Massachusetts announced that in March, a cybercriminal had unlawfully accessed some of its IT systems. Their misuse of a popular website tracking tool resulted in the data of three million patients being leaked in July 2022.

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