Healthcare organizations feel vulnerable to AI-induced cybersecurity incidents.More specifically, organizations are encountering problems due to lack of guidelines and control over AI use.According to a report released last month by IBM, the healthcare industry is seeing the most expensive violations of any sector. The average healthcare data breach costs $7.42 million.The report also discussed an increase in violations related to “Shadow AI” where employees use AI tools that are not approved by their organization. Many organizations do not track their use.Limor Kessem, global leader in cybercrisis management at IBM Consulting, told Chief Healthcare Executive® that organizations need to pay more…
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Carecenterix, a home care service provider previously owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA), is now an independent, private company. The transition was triggered by the $22 billion acquisition of Walgreens by private equity firm Sycamore Partners, which was finalised on Thursday. Carecentrix's separation into independent companies will restore its original ownership structure before Walgreens acquires the business in 2022. This will continue to be led by Steve Horowitz as CEO along with the existing management team. “This is an exciting moment for Carecentrix and our team,” Horowitz said in a statement. “Together with Sycamore, we continue to work…
Digital Edition: Childhood vaccination for chickenpox to be rolled out next year 29 August, 2025 By Steve Ford Routine immunisation against the varicella zoster virus in children is to begin across the UK from January, following advice from vaccination experts. This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here. Welcome! To continue reading either: Access your account Log in to your account to access your content on Nursing Times. Get unlimited access…
Digital Edition: Board creating nurse jobs via expansion of older people’s services 29 August, 2025 By Steve Ford A hospital in Lanarkshire has announced the expansion of services for older people by creating a new frailty assessment unit, bringing with it the offer of nursing jobs. This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here. Welcome! To continue reading either: Access your account Log in to your account to access your content…
August 29th, 2025 August 29th, 2025 Healthcare + Architecture Program graduates return as industry leaders It is difficult to imagine something more important than the design and construction of the space used to secure us when we break. Hospital evolution spans centuries that began at the dawn of civilization and advanced in parallel with humanity. An early known form of hospitals was in religious temples in ancient Greek. . . and so on. Today, hospitals are often the gems of the city they stand in. A sparkling tower of modern design that holds technology and treatments that could have…
One of the most expensive problems facing the healthcare industry is drug shortages. According to a June 2025 survey by health services company Vizient, they spent about $900 million and 20 million hours of work per year in the United States.Angels for Change, a Florida-based nonprofit organization, is trying to solve that problem.Former business professor Laura Bray founded the organization in 2019 after being told that a young girl undergoing cancer treatment could not be used as a life-saving drug being received. She was able to get it in the end, but Bray aimed to help other families avoid going…
The UK care sector is grappling with significant recruitment challenges following a sharp decline in work visas issued to overseas healthcare professionals, according to newly released Home Office statistics.Official data reveals that Health and Care Worker visas granted to international applicants, including dependents, decreased by 77% in the twelve months ending June 2025, falling to just over 20,500 from the previous year’s figure of 89,095.The impact on nursing recruitment has been particularly severe, with visa approvals for overseas nursing professionals dropping by 80% to 3,080 over the same period. Care workers in personal service roles experienced an even steeper decline,…
Digital Edition: NHS ‘reliant’ on independent sector for routine mental health care 29 August, 2025 By Steve Ford Mental health nurses working in the independent sector, either for private providers or charities, are increasingly treating patients that would have been cared for by their health service colleagues. This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here. Welcome! To continue reading either: Access your account Log in to your account to access your…
Newswise – The Food and Drug Administration's Covid-19 vaccine approval issued on August 27th places a limit on those eligible to receive the vaccine. Meanwhile, the administration has approved seasonal flu vaccines, but only if it does not contain the mercury-based preservative thimeromonal.These changes have caused confusion among consumers. Will the vaccine be available this fall? Are they effective? And will they be covered by insurance? Industry leaders will also wonder how these changes will affect reimbursement rates, profitability and overall revenue.Below, we discuss the potential impact of these changes on the health sector, which accounts for nearly 20% of…
Why does Delaware need to take care of it?Delaware's hospital costs are some of the highest in the country, affecting individuals and state budgets, with obligations to fund Medicaid and retiree benefits. In response, Delaware lawmakers set up one board to set targets for increasing costs, and another board with the authority to reject hospital budgets that are deemed overload. But those powers have opponents who say it will take away the hospital's power. The Delaware hospital industry expects health costs to rise again next year, hospital representatives said Thursday during a meeting of state officials tasked with setting industry…