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Impact of dockworker strike on medicine, medical device supply currently assessed as ‘limited’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2024
Supply chains could be disrupted by striking dockworkers at the country’s East Coast and Gulf Coast seaboards, but the Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that preliminary assessments...
Virtual standardized patients ‘promising’ to train nurses for long-term care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2024
Multimodal teaching strategies work well in training nurses for the long-term care workforce, according to the results of a newly published study in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society.
SNF, home health CEOs could be jailed over cybersecurity issues under new bill
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 30, 2024
New legislation aimed at improving cybersecurity in healthcare could see leaders at skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospices jailed if they lie about their cybersecurity precautions,...