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Insights on Laboratory Information Management System Market Within the Health Care Facilities Sector | Growing Demand for Bio-banking to Emerge as a Key Driver | Technavio

October 12, 2020

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The global laboratory information management system market is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 9% during 2020-2024, according to the latest market research report by Technavio. The report provides a detailed analysis on the impact and new opportunities created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The report also helps clients keep up with new product launches in direct & indirect COVID-19 related markets.

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The growing need for effective management and tracking of data quality, bio-species location, security, compliances, end-user billing, and patient demographics have increased the demand for bio-banking. This has increased the adoption of LIMS software as it improves the sampling of data that involves different laboratories, FDA, and partner organizations. It integrates the research information and enables easy access to the laboratory information management software database.

SC nursing homes, care facilities to submit weekly reports to DHEC

October 8, 2020

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According to DHEC, nursing homes and community care facilities licensed by DHEC are required to submit a weekly report detailing each facility’s visitation status.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) issued a public health order requiring nursing homes and community care facilities to submit a weekly report.

According to the health order, all nursing homes and community residential care facilities licensed by DHEC are required to submit a weekly report detailing each facility’s current visitation status.

This public health order was issued as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to protect the health of long-term care facility residents and the workers who care for them while also providing for safe and careful visits with family, friends and loved ones. Under the public health order, DHEC-licensed nursing homes and community residential care facilities must provide, among other information:

whether the facility is allowing visitation,

Wyoming Department of Corrections provides update on virus in state facilities | Coronavirus

October 3, 2020

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CHEYENNE – As of Friday, the number of active COVID-19 cases (confirmed positives) and recoveries (previously confirmed positives that have been cleared by the Wyoming Department of Health to return to the general inmate population or to work) within the Wyoming Department of Corrections prison system are as follows:

Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins:

Inmate population: 0 active cases and 103 recoveries
Staff population: 1 active case and 25 recoveries
Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution in Torrington:
Inmate population: 0 active cases and 4 recoveries
Staff population: 0 active case and 8 recoveries
Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton:
Inmate population: 0 positive cases over time
Staff population: 1 active case and no further positive cases over time
Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp in Newcastle:
Inmate population: 0 positive cases over time
Staff population: 0 active cases and 3 recoveries
Wyoming Women’s Center in Lusk:
Inmate population: 0 positive cases over time
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Fatal cases of COVID-19 at nursing facilities prompt new California law

September 30, 2020

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Patients were moved from Riverside's Magnolia Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in April after staff failed to show up. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring the reporting of deaths during health emergencies. <span class="copyright">(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)</span> — Patients were moved from Riverside’s Magnolia Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in April after staff failed to show up. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring the reporting of deaths during health emergencies. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

With skilled nursing homes hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a law requiring those facilities in California to report disease-related deaths to health authorities within 24 hours during declared emergencies.

The law was written in response to concerns that health agencies were slow to respond to outbreaks in skilled nursing facilities because they did not receive timely information about them.

So far, more than 5,630 residents and staff at skilled nursing facilities in the state have died from COVID-19 — 36% of California’s fatalities from the coronavirus. The percentage “reveals the significant weaknesses in the reporting system currently required by these facilities,” said Assemblyman

Suspected ransomware attack hobbles major hospital chain’s U.S. facilities

September 29, 2020

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A computer outage at a major hospital chain thrust healthcare facilities across the U.S. into chaos Monday, with treatment impeded as doctors and nurses already burdened by the coronavirus pandemic were forced to rely on paper backup systems.

Universal Health Services Inc., which operates more than 250 hospitals and other clinical facilities in the U.S., blamed the outage on an unspecified IT “security issue” in a statement posted to its website Monday but provided no details about the incident, such as how many facilities were affected and whether patients had to be diverted to other hospitals.

UHS workers reached by The Associated Press at company facilities in Texas and Washington, D.C., described mad scrambles after the outage began overnight Sunday to render care, including longer emergency room waits and anxiety over determining which patients might be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.

The Fortune 500 company,

Hawaii Department of Health Awards HMS a Contract to Conduct On-site Surveys of Medicare-eligible Health Care Facilities

September 29, 2020

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FAIRMONT, W.Va., Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The Hawaii Department of Health has awarded Healthcare Management Solutions, LLC (HMS) a multi-year contract to conduct federal initial certification and recertification surveys, follow-up revisit surveys, and complaint investigations at Medicare-eligible health care facilities as requested by the Office of Health Care Assurance in accordance with established federal regulations and standards. These facilities may include;

Hospitals
Skilled nursing facilities,
Ambulatory surgical centers,
End-stage renal disease facilities
Hospices, and
Home health agencies.

Initial certification and recertification surveys include health care surveys, life safety code surveys, and emergency preparedness surveys as well.

“We are honored to be selected by the Hawaii Department of Health to assist them in ensuring the safety and quality of care provided to vulnerable populations throughout the state,” says Leah Heimbach, president and owner of HMS.

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HMS protects vulnerable populations and veterans. We blend

Cyberattack hobbles major hospital chain’s US facilities

September 29, 2020

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FILE – In this March 14, 2014, file photo, a representative of GCHQ points to a screen showing all the teams progress in completing the task during a mock cyberattack scenario with teams of amateur computer experts taking part and trying to fight this simulated attack in London. Computer systems across a major hospital chain operating in the U.S. and Britain were down Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, due to what the company termed an unspecified technology “security issue.” Universal Health Services Inc., which operates more than 400 hospitals and other clinical care facilities, said in a short statement p osted to its website Monday that its network was offline and doctors and nurses were resorting to “back-up processes” including paper records. less

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Insights on Laboratory Information Management System Market Within the Health Care Facilities Sector | Growing Demand for Bio-banking to Emerge as a Key Driver | Technavio

SC nursing homes, care facilities to submit weekly reports to DHEC

Wyoming Department of Corrections provides update on virus in state facilities | Coronavirus

Fatal cases of COVID-19 at nursing facilities prompt new California law

Suspected ransomware attack hobbles major hospital chain’s U.S. facilities

Hawaii Department of Health Awards HMS a Contract to Conduct On-site Surveys of Medicare-eligible Health Care Facilities

Cyberattack hobbles major hospital chain’s US facilities