1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,490 This is Randy Homan with Becker's Clinical Leadership Podcast. 2 00:00:04,260 --> 00:00:06,370 Who's your industry news brief for Monday, 3 00:00:06,590 --> 00:00:10,550 May 20th First Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:14,230 California is receiving its fifth fine in four years. 5 00:00:15,330 --> 00:00:19,770 California's finding the system over $78,000 after a cancer patient 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,410 died following surgery where a foreign object was left inside the individual. 7 00:00:25,830 --> 00:00:29,320 This is its second fine for leaving an object in a person after surgery. 8 00:00:30,550 --> 00:00:34,410 The fine is reportedly the highest in state history against a hospital in the 9 00:00:34,650 --> 00:00:37,710 category of immediate jeopardy. Since 2015, 10 00:00:37,890 --> 00:00:42,310 the hospital has been fined five times for various procedural violations, 11 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,640 specifically related to immediate jeopardy fines. 12 00:00:45,820 --> 00:00:48,680 The total cost is over $220,000. 13 00:00:49,610 --> 00:00:52,460 Beckers has reached out to Community Regional Medical Center. 14 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,380 We will update the online story if more information becomes available. 15 00:00:58,290 --> 00:00:58,860 Second. 16 00:00:58,860 --> 00:01:03,550 Allegheny Health Network is rolling out a digital nursing program at one of its 17 00:01:03,710 --> 00:01:07,950 hospitals. It plans to expand system-wide. By the end of next year. 18 00:01:09,310 --> 00:01:13,410 The initiative will launch at Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. 19 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:18,290 Digital nurses will help with admissions and discharges asking and answering 20 00:01:18,290 --> 00:01:21,330 patient questions, as well as providing education. 21 00:01:22,070 --> 00:01:26,250 The technology will include a smart tv, smart tablet, and mounted camera. 22 00:01:27,030 --> 00:01:31,570 The digital nursing team will eventually have 60 employees who will work from 23 00:01:31,570 --> 00:01:32,403 home. 24 00:01:32,470 --> 00:01:36,450 The hospital hopes to include charting and active patient monitoring and digital 25 00:01:36,450 --> 00:01:40,410 nurses responsibilities. Third, 26 00:01:40,590 --> 00:01:45,330 the wife of a former patient is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Tristar 27 00:01:45,330 --> 00:01:48,730 Centennial Medical Center. The patient, Bobby Ray Stark, 28 00:01:48,870 --> 00:01:52,250 was receiving treatment in the hospital for bed source and a foot infection. 29 00:01:52,830 --> 00:01:57,330 He had other underlying conditions including blindness and weakness on one side. 30 00:01:57,510 --> 00:01:59,610 Due to a previous stroke, Mr. 31 00:01:59,610 --> 00:02:04,330 Stark was wearing a non-rebreather mask to provide oxygen when he coded hospital 32 00:02:04,330 --> 00:02:08,210 workers attempted to revive him using a defibrillator shock. However, 33 00:02:08,390 --> 00:02:11,930 the mask was not removed prior to the shock ignited. 34 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:17,110 This caused significant burns and later his death Beckers has reached out to 35 00:02:17,110 --> 00:02:18,510 Tristar Centennial for comment. 36 00:02:19,090 --> 00:02:22,310 We will update the online story as more information becomes available. 37 00:02:24,150 --> 00:02:24,750 Fourth, 38 00:02:24,750 --> 00:02:28,730 the main Center for Disease Control and Prevention says a main resident died 39 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,810 from Powassan virus, which is a rare tickborne disease. 40 00:02:32,750 --> 00:02:36,770 The department says the adult developed neurological symptoms and was likely 41 00:02:36,970 --> 00:02:40,950 infected in May. This is the first death from Powassan this year. 42 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,100 The CDC says there are no approved therapies or vaccines. 43 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:48,660 The virus can be acquired through bites from infected deer ticks, 44 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:49,660 and woodchuck ticks. 45 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:57,610 Over 150 physicians are striking today at Elmhurst Hospital Center, 46 00:02:57,860 --> 00:03:00,290 which is part of NYC Health Plus Hospitals. 47 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,770 This five day walkout is the first physician strike at a New York City Hospital 48 00:03:04,910 --> 00:03:05,970 in over 30 years. 49 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,140 The strike involves members of the Committee of interns and residents. 50 00:03:11,060 --> 00:03:15,590 This union represents 170 physicians who work at Elmhurst Hospital and are 51 00:03:15,590 --> 00:03:18,430 employed by the School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. 52 00:03:19,670 --> 00:03:22,650 The union has been negotiating with Mount Sinai for 10 months. 53 00:03:23,220 --> 00:03:27,250 Union members say Mount Sinai does not match salaries for public hospital 54 00:03:27,250 --> 00:03:32,250 physicians with salaries for non-unionized residents at facilities in wealthier 55 00:03:32,250 --> 00:03:33,130 parts of the city. 56 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:39,040 A Mount Sinai spokesperson says the system is committed to finding a mutually 57 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,440 acceptable solution. 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