Cleveland ClinicCleveland Clinc In his thought-provoking 2023 book, The Coming Wave, AI-pioneer Mustafa Suleyman singled out the application of AI in modern healthcare as perhaps the greatest contribution that developments in AI could deliver to humankind. I’ve written in the last year about how a couple healthcare leaders – Mayo Clinic and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis —are integrating AI capabilities into their processes. Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit, multispecialty academic medical center that’s recognized in the U.S. and throughout the world for its expertise and care. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, it was founded in 1921 by…
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CROMWELL, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – Police are investigating after a man allegedly shot and killed his 81-year-old wife before taking his own life at a Connecticut nursing home.Police responded to Apple Rehabilitation, a long-term care facility in Cromwell, just before 11 a.m. Friday. According to company officials, the tenant's 81-year-old husband came to visit, entered the room and shot her, then shot her to death. No one else was in the room at the time of the incident.Police identified the victim as 81-year-old Barbara Brandt and the suspect as her husband Dennis Brandt, 82, WFSB reports.Apple Rehab officials say there…
When you get a job in healthcare, whether it's a nurse, doctor, or data analyst, you want to help people. The ultimate goal of healthcare is to help people live healthier and happier lives. However, not all lives receive equal care. In the United States, there are countless variables regarding access and delivery of care. One barrier to care is living in rural areas, where one in five Americans live. We understand that access to health care can be difficult in isolated settings, but what can and should we do to leverage new technology to improve the lives of an…
CROMWELL, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – Police are investigating after a man allegedly shot and killed his 81-year-old wife before taking his own life at a Connecticut nursing home.Police responded to Apple Rehabilitation, a long-term care facility in Cromwell, just before 11 a.m. Friday. According to company officials, the tenant's 81-year-old husband came to visit, entered the room and shot her, then shot her to death. No one else was in the room at the time of the incident.Police identified the victim as 81-year-old Barbara Brandt and the suspect as her husband Dennis Brandt, 82, WFSB reports.Apple Rehab officials say there…
CROMWELL, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – Police are investigating after a man allegedly shot and killed his 81-year-old wife before taking his own life at a Connecticut nursing home.Police responded to Apple Rehabilitation, a long-term care facility in Cromwell, just before 11 a.m. Friday. According to company officials, the tenant's 81-year-old husband came to visit, entered the room and shot her, then shot her to death. No one else was in the room at the time of the incident.Police identified the victim as 81-year-old Barbara Brandt and the suspect as her husband Dennis Brandt, 82, WFSB reports.Apple Rehab officials say there…
Hopes to curb private equity investment in the health care sector ended in California over the weekend after a nationally watched bill was vetoed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.The bill was the nation's highest-profile legislative effort to regulate such investments in the health care sector, giving state attorneys general discretion to veto mergers.The hospital's demise comes amid U.S. Senate hearings into mismanagement at Steward Health, a chain of more than 30 private equity-backed hospitals in Massachusetts. The hospital's CEO and investors siphoned “hundreds of millions” of dollars from a local hospital, even though it sickened one of its worst patients.…
CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) – A man fatally shot his 81-year-old wife and then took his own life at a Connecticut nursing home Friday, company officials said. The woman had been a resident at Apple Rehab in Cromwell for three years and was shot in her room, said Michael Landi, Apple Rehab's vice president of operations. Lundy said the woman had no roommates and no one witnessed the shooting. No one else was injured. Police identified the couple as Barbara Brandt and her husband Dennis Brandt, 82. Lundy said the motive was unknown and there were no known threats in the…
NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Leading securities law firm Breichmer Fonti & Auld LLP announces that it will investigate Acadia Healthcare Company (NASDAQ: ACHC) for possible violations of federal securities laws. If you have invested in Acadia Healthcare, we encourage you to visit https://www.bfalaw.com/cases-investigations/acadia-healthcare-company-inc for additional information. Why did Acadia Healthcare's stock price fall? Acadia is one of the largest chains of for-profit psychiatric hospitals in the United States. On September 27, 2024, Acadia announced that it had received a request for information from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and a…
contributed ALAMOSA – In August, Evergreen Nursing Home, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center, hired Amy Lopez as its new director of nursing. Lopez comes to the position with several years of experience working in the medical field. She previously worked at Evergreen as a certified nursing assistant, then earned her bachelor's degree in nursing and transitioned to hospital care in labor and delivery. In October 2023, she returned to Evergreen Long Term Care Facility and worked as a floor nurse until she was promoted to Director of Nursing. “So far, this team has been one of the best teams…
put healthcare in a better position Improving the security posture of healthcare providers is a major challenge, but it is not impossible. It starts with managing the vast attack surface that modern healthcare providers operate under. “To strengthen cyber resiliency, healthcare organizations must adopt a zero trust security model,” David explains. This approach emphasizes strict identity verification and access controls. By implementing Zero Trust principles, healthcare providers can ensure “least privilege” access to users, devices, and applications, reducing the number of entry points into the broader network and preventing unauthorized access to sensitive data. Risk is reduced. “Effectively tracking employees…