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Providers report burnout and compassion fatigue amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, especially regarding conversations with vaccine-hesitant patients.
About half say the COVID-19 pandemic – including vaccine appointment coordination and making the shift to telehealth – has made matters worse.
Researchers in a new JAMA study said the finding is "counterintuitive" and raised necessary questions about the link between clinician burnout and employee retention.
The initiative is aimed at supporting governments, critical infrastructure organizations, enterprises and small businesses in their cycles of security transformation.
What does the future workplace look like for IT, finance and operational staff – and how best to keep them engaged in a work environment that has fundamentally changed?
This week's top stories include Cerner announcing that all U.S. employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 8, SWORD Health acquiring Vigilant Technologies, and air ambulance charges rising substantially in four years.
The electronic health record vendor stated fewer than 0.5% of its staff left the company rather than get inoculated.
"When we talk about virtual care, think hybrid," he told Healthcare IT News in a wide-ranging interview about the future of telemedicine.
Kash Patel will join the New Jersey health system as chief information and digital engagement officer.
Company CIO Blackford Middleton wrote in a LinkedIn post that the healthcare collaboration software vendor had "run out of runway" in terms of funding and resources.