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The following is an excerpt from Becker’s Hospital Review. The Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed that the Oracle Cerner EHR system caused six incidents of “catastrophic harm” to veterans, and four of those incidents led to the death of patients, The […]
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House of Representatives Ken Buck (R-Colorado), Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington), and Matt Rosendale (R-Montana) have joined together to introduce the “Bipartisan Ban on Congressional Stock Ownership Act.” The legislation will prohibit members of Congress and their spouses from owning and trading
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In a letter to acting director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Dr. Lawrence Tabak, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) and fellow Republican Chairs Brett Guthrie and Morgan Griffith are asking why the Scientific Management
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Republicans are probing why the Pentagon has failed its fifth consecutive audit designed to prevent waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars. In a letter sent to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Oversight and Accountability (GAO)Chairman James Comer (R-Kentucky) along with
In the wake of the Ohio train derailment disaster, a majority of voters believe Transportation Secretary Peter Buttigieg should resign. That’s according to the a new Rasmussen Reports. The national survey found that 45% of likely U.S. voters have a
Twenty years ago, the social network called MySpace went online and changed the world. Facebook soon eclipsed the market, other players entered, and today more than 4.5 billion people use some form of social media. With that comes the debate
Bruce Hensel, MD, who once served as NBC’s chief on-air medical correspondent in Los Angeles, pleaded no contest to soliciting nude pictures from a 9-year-old. He was ordered to register as a sex offender and sentenced to 2 years of probation.
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Pet owners across the nation are discovering there’s a critical shortage of emergency veterinarians and staff. Pet owners across the country are finding it difficult to get emergency care for their animals. Sunday on Full Measure, I’ll dig into the
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