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U.S. Healthcare Supply Chains Face Looming Crisis Amid Escalating Tariffs, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, AHA

U.S. Healthcare Supply Chains Face Looming Crisis Amid Escalating Tariffs

The tariffs are expected to cause shortages and double-digit cost increases in life-saving medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.

News April 10
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3 Ways AI is Improving Hospital Safety

Innovations in AI systems continue to create increasingly efficient environments with new, groundbreaking ways to protect patients and…

Insights February 24
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How Video Surveillance Can Help Combat Drug Diversion, hospital security, controlled substances, drug abuse, Axis Communications

How Video Surveillance Can Help Combat Drug Diversion in Hospitals

Cameras, access control technology, and proper policies and procedures will help to ensure the controlled substances at your…

Insights November 22
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Yale Settles with Women Over Fertility Nurse’s Diversion of Fentanyl, Yale University Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Yale REI

Yale Settles with Women Over Fertility Nurse’s Diversion of Fentanyl

Yale only acknowledged the problem after an employee noticed a fentanyl vial had a loose cap.

News September 12
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Oregon Hospital Sued for $303 Million Over Nurse’s Alleged Theft of Fentanyl, Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center, Dani Marie Schofield

Oregon Hospital Sued for $303 Million Over Nurse’s Alleged Theft of Fentanyl

The former ICU nurse is accused of replacing liquid fentanyl with tap water in patients’ intravenous drips so…

News September 5
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UPDATE: Pennsylvania Nurse Linked to 17 Nursing Home Deaths Pleads Guilty

Prosecutors say the registered nurse administered lethal doses of insulin to 19 nursing home patients, 17 of whom…

News May 3
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Puyallup Nurse Pleads Guilty to Drug Tampering, Infecting Patients with Hepatitis C

A hepatitis C outbreak among Good Samaritan ED patients was linked to the nurse injecting herself with the…

News September 8
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Drug Diversion in Healthcare: Video and Access Control Practices That Make a Big Difference

Here’s how video and access control can bolster your healthcare organization’s drug diversion prevention and detection efforts.

News August 30
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Ex Hospital Respiratory Therapist Jennifer Hall Pleads Guilty in Deaths of 2 Patients

While Jennifer Hall was employed at Hedrick Medical Center, the rate of cardiac collapses rose from one per…

News April 27
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