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Divers Find Underwater Hospital Off the Coast of Key West

Scrubs

“The transfer of sick and dying patients to these small islands, isolated from the congested Fort Jefferson, likely saved hundreds from a similar fate,” the NPS said. Divers conducted a search of the premises in August 2022 and the discovery is just now coming to light. But the U.S.

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Morgue Manager Accused of Selling Stolen “Heads, Brains, Skin and Bones”

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They transferred them using USPS to people who wanted the parts for all kinds of reasons, including one person who intended to tan the skin into leather. The alleged crimes took place between 2018 and 2022. According to federal prosecutors, Lodge and his wife sold the body parts to buyers in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

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Navigating the Nursing Job Market: Tips for Landing Your Dream Job

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If you don’t have any direct healthcare experience, consider including transferable skills, such as communication and problem-solving, that can be applied to nursing. By doing so, you can demonstrate to prospective employers your dedication to and enthusiasm for nursing.

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Verizon 2024 DBIR: 70% of Healthcare Data Breaches Caused by Insiders

The HIPAA Journal

Source Verizon 2024 DBIR Ransomware groups were behind many of the attacks targeting unpatched vulnerabilities, with the Clop ransomware group’s mass exploitation of a zero day vulnerability in Progress Software’s MoveIT Transfer solution a significant factor in the large increase in exploit-related breaches.

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Post #2 Back-to-Sleep Series

Sensible Medicine

In 2022 the CDC paid the AAP to form an expert working group to revise its developmental surveillance checklists. One third of the retained milestones were transferred to different ages; 68% of those transferred were moved to older ages.” Let’s look at 1967 vs. 2022 for the DDST and the CDC: Table 2.

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Risks Facing Nurse Practitioners Today

Minority Nurse

of all claims in the 2022 dataset, compared to 13% in the 2012 dataset. of all allegations against nurse practitioners and continue to be the leading allegation through 2012, 2017, and 2022 datasets. The patient was transferred to the ED and diagnosed with sepsis. The most common allegation against NPs is related to diagnosis.

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Ransomware Attack Severity Increased 68% in H1, 2024

The HIPAA Journal

While there was an overall increase of 14% in claims severity in H1, 2024, largely driven by the increase in ransomware attack severity, Coalition saw the lowest frequency of claims since H2, 2022. There was a slight reduction in ransomware-related claims in the first half of the year, but the severity of attacks increased by 68%.