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San Jose, California-headquartered SA Technologies announces the opening of a state-of-the-art Global Capabilities Center (GCC) in Pune, India, effective August 21, 2024. The facility is specifically designed to serve the needs of Tendable, providing a robust and scalable service delivery model from one of the world’s fastest growing technology hubs. The Pune GCC will strengthen Tendable’s global operations with advanced QA automation, application development, and customer support. By leveraging India’s abundant tech talent and dynamic ecosystem, the center aims to increase operational efficiencies and support digital transformation for global enterprises.Opening ceremony celebrates visionary partnershipThe grand opening of SA Technologies’ Pune…

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The program provides hospital-level care in patients’ homes, offering services for a range of acute illnesses including heart failure, pneumonia and sepsis. Janice Herr September 9, 2024 12:08 AM Courtesy of Yale New Haven Hospital Yale New Haven Health recently celebrated treating 1,000 patients through its Hospital at Home program. On June 6, Yale New Haven Health System held an event to celebrate the milestone of treating 1,000 patients through its Hospital at Home program, which launched in 2022. The program provides hospital-level care in patients’ homes, offering services for a variety of acute illnesses, including heart failure, pneumonia and…

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Correction added: A previous version of this story said the new medical center would be built inside OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital. The story has been updated to say it will be built inside a medical office building. Nationwide Children’s Hospital has announced that it will open a new medical center on the OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital campus starting in November. The facility, located in the medical office building at 26 Hospital Dr., will provide specialized medical care for patients up to age 21. It is part of the hospital’s Close-to-Home Care program, providing nationally acclaimed medical care to the Athens community. According…

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A study from the University of Eastern Finland found that healthcare workers often face psychological stress after making a medication error, and those with little organizational support were more likely to consider quitting their job or taking time off. The term “second victim,” coined by Dr. Albert Ou, refers to medical workers who suffer psychological distress after a serious patient safety incident. A study of 149 nurses and doctors in Finland found that a lack of organizational support following a medication error was associated with higher turnover and absenteeism. More than a third of healthcare workers felt they received too…

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Photo: eclipse/Getty Images The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Wisconsin Physician Services Insurance Corporation are mailing written notices to 946,801 people whose protected health information or other personally identifiable information may have been exposed as a result of the cyber breach. A security vulnerability was found in MOVEit software, a third-party application used to transfer files to CMS. The app was developed by Progress Software and used by Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation. Progress Software discovered and publicly disclosed a vulnerability in its MOVEit software on May 31, 2023. The company released a software patch, which WPS…

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Source: Bowling Green Fire Department. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – One person was sent to a local hospital after a fire at a home on Media Drive on Tuesday, fire officials said. According to the Bowling Green Fire Department, firefighters were dispatched at 9:47 p.m. Tuesday for a fire in the laundry room of a single-family home. Firefighters arrived three minutes later to find heavy smoke throughout the home and flames coming from a side window, police said. Fire officials said one victim was found during a search of the home within two minutes and two seconds of arriving. The patient…

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Global healthcare company Abbott has announced that its Lingo continuous glucose monitoring system is now available in the United States without a prescription. Lingo includes a biosensor and mobile app based on Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring technology. The system is a biowearable product intended for people aged 18 years or older who are not taking insulin. It tracks blood glucose levels in real time and provides end-users with personal insights and guidance aimed at helping them build healthy habits, retrain their metabolism and improve their overall health. “There is significant interest in tracking biomarkers that provide insights into…

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Genetic Leap, an AI and RNA genetic medicine company, is partnering with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly to develop genetic medicine therapeutics. According to the companies, the collaboration expands a pilot program leveraging Genetic Leap’s RNA-targeting AI platform designed to produce oligonucleotide medicines against targets selected by Lilly in important therapeutic areas. Lilly will pay Genetic Leap up to $409 million in upfront commercial, development, regulatory and clinical payments as well as tiered royalties. According to the company, RNA plays a critical role in regulating key biological processes and holds great potential in addressing serious diseases that are not effectively targeted…

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Carrot Fertility, a global fertility treatment and family building platform, has announced the launch of CarrotMatch, a birth-focused provider matching platform. Carrot is a platform that provides employers with access to a full range of care, from maternity to menopause, pre-conception to parenting. We offer services in surrogacy, adoption, pregnancy and postnatal care, parenting and return to work, menopause/low testosterone, IVF and artificial insemination, egg, sperm and embryo freezing. CarrotMatch uses a proprietary dataset of over 200 metrics to evaluate providers based on quality, cost of care and established outcomes, then matches Carrot members with providers based on their needs.…

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Healthcare workers across the country have issued a new warning to the government, threatening to suspend operations within two weeks if demands for health insurance coverage are not met. Already, health workers in four counties, including Nyamira, Marsabit, Meru and Taita Taveta, are on strike. Other unions which joined in solidarity with KMPDU include the Kenya Union of Clinical Clerks (KUCO), Kenya National Union of Nurses and Midwives (KNUNM), Kenya National Union of Medical Laboratory Technologists (KNUMLO), Kenya Union of Environmental Health and Public Health Workers (KEHPHPU), Kenya National Union of Pharmaceutical Technologists and Officers (KNUPT) and Kenya Union of…

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