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CDC calls for action to halt rise in infant syphilis cases
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges health care providers to use rapid syphilis testing and treatment during pregnancy in emergency departments, syringe service programs, prisons/jails and maternal and child health programs.
AHA releases social media resources to celebrate National Rural Health Day
AHA Nov. 9 released a social media toolkit and graphics to help hospitals and health systems celebrate National Rural Health Day Nov. 16 and highlight through the week the unique challenges facing rural communities.
Coalition targets strategies to strengthen health care, public health partnership
The AHA, AHIP, Alliance of Community Health Plans, American Medical Association and Kaiser Permanente have formed a coalition that will recommend strategies to strengthen coordination between the health care and public health systems to improve emergency preparedness, address health disparities and detect infectious diseases.
CDC: COVID-19, flu vaccination rates for health care workers low last season
Fewer than one in four health care professionals working in acute care hospitals and nursing homes were up to date with COVID-19 vaccination during the 2022-23 flu season, defined as receiving a bivalent booster dose or completing a primary series in the previous two months, and fewer than half of nursing home workers had received a flu vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Nov. 9.
Study: AI detects anxiety, depression in health care workforce
An artificial intelligence tool can help detect work-related anxiety and depression in health care workers, a study found.
HHS alerts health care sector to new ransomware threat
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) this week alerted the sector to a new ransomware threat known as BlackSuit, which may be responsible for an October attack against an organization that provides medical scans and radiology services for almost 1,000 U.S. hospitals and health systems and caused the victim to shut down computer systems and turn away patients.
Researchers report positive results from hospital-at-home program
The more than 11,000 patients who received care as part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital-at-home program had a low death rate and few patients needed to return to the hospital to complete their care.
Hospital uses regional survey results to address workplace violence
Most health care workers who did not report instances of verbal and physical workplace violence incidents neglected to do so because they felt it was “part of the job,” according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of Nursing Administration.
Hospital-acquired infections fall, report finds
Hospital-acquired infections fell for the first time post-pandemic, according to the Leapfrog Group’s fall 2023 Hospital Safety Grades.
H-ISAC TLP Green Daily Cyber Headlines - November 9, 2023
Daily Cyber Headlines for November 9, 2023.