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UnitedHealth could take months for full recovery from cyberattack

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UnitedHealth hack could take months for full recovery UnitedHealth Group , the largest U.S. health insurer, is likely to need several months to make a full recovery from a cyberattack that has been one of the most disruptive hacks against America's healthcare infrastructure, security experts said. Zeba Siddiqui Reuters

 

 

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Reasons why female health care workers suffer high rate of burnout--study

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Burnout is rampant among female health care workers. Here’s why Health care workers — and particularly female health care workers — are burning out at alarming rates.   A recent survey from nursing marketplace platform ShiftKey shared with The Hill fo… aoconnelld The Hill

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U.S. patients struggle to get medication after cyberattack hits a major health care company

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Patients struggle to get lifesaving medication after cyberattack on a major health care company The attack on Change Healthcare has upended the lives and work of patients, doctors and pharmacists due to outages in systems used for medical billing and insurance claims. NBC News
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US healthcare hack creates hard choices for many affected doctors.

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Patients or payroll? US healthcare hack creates hard choices Nearly two weeks after the ransomware attack on UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare unit that has disrupted claims processing across the U.S., doctors are beginning to face a no win choice - stop treating patients or stop paying staff. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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U.S. nursing homes still plagued by staff shortages and poor infection control--government report

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Staffing shortages, poor infection control plague nursing homes - UPI.com Although the pandemic has ended, staffing shortages and employee burnout still plague U.S. nursing homes, a new government report finds. UPI
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A serious cyber attack has hit an important part of the US health care system

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Health-care hack spreads pain across hospitals and doctors nationwide One of the most serious cyberattacks to hit the health-care system in U.S. history is threatening the solvency of some hospitals, officials say. The Washington Post
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Less than 20 per cent of Americans know in advance the cost of their health care --poll

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Few Americans say they know how much health care will cost: Gallup Less than 20 percent of Americans say they know how much they will have to pay before receiving health care treatments, according to a report. The Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report survey, … lsforza The Hill

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Nearly half of older Americans postpone or don't have surgeries because of financial concerns--study

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Many Americans postpone surgeries due to cost, job worries - UPI.com Older adults frequently delay needed surgery because of financial concerns, a new study finds. UPI

...Nearly half of people ages 50 and older who were very concerned about the cost of surgery wound up not having an operation they had considered, researchers reported Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. 

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The difficulties in finding primary health workers in underserved areas of the U.S.

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Where Are the Nation’s Primary Care Providers? It’s Not an Easy Answer - KFF Health News Politicians keep talking about fixing primary care shortages. But flawed national data leaves big holes in how to evaluate which policies are effective. Lydia Zuraw KFF Health News

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High turnover among American health workers documented in new study

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Pandemic resulted in high healthcare worker turnover NanoStockk/iStock CIDRAP

Using US Census Bureau state unemployment insurance data, researchers from Johns Hopkins University documented a significant job turnover among healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic, which suggests long-term implications for the US healthcare sector.

 

 

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