A $300 million project about to be built downtown will give Wichita State University a unique opportunity to give students the most modern training possible in a health care world that is undergoing “tectonic” changes, says Gregory Hand, WSU dean of the College of Health Professions. As health care becomes more about teamwork among doctors, […]
hospitals
Posted inHealth
Artificial intelligence is already at work in Wichita hospitals, but without much regulation
Takeaways: Patients at Wichita’s Wesley Medical Center are cared for by nurses at their bedside — with help from a virtual care center in Denver. Hundreds of miles away, computers monitor vital signs and lab results and send out alarms when a patient is in trouble. Like a growing number of hospitals, Wesley leans on […]
Posted inHealth
Artificial intelligence already plays a part in Kansas City health care, without much regulation
Takeaways: In September, the mom of a 4-year-old boy made national news when she used ChatGPT to diagnose her son’s pain, teeth grinding and leg dragging, a diagnosis that had eluded 17 doctors over three years. It’s an increasingly common scenario: Patients are looking to artificial intelligence for health care answers. And so are medical […]
Posted inHealth
How ransomware attacks at Wichita hospitals threaten your privacy and health
Takeaways: Since December, at least two Wichita medical practices joined a growing and unwelcome trend in health care: They got hacked and had to tell patients that their personal medical and financial information was in the hands of cybercriminals. In early December, Wichita Urology Group said more than 5,000 people may have been affected by […]
Posted inHealth
How ransomware attacks at Kansas City hospitals threaten your privacy and health
Takeaways: It happened in Topeka in November. In Liberty in December. And seemingly all the time everywhere: Hackers crack open a hospital’s digital heart, seize control of its computer network and hold it hostage. Those ransomware attacks threaten to spill your most intimate medical secrets onto the internet and lock up a hospital’s ability to […]
Posted inHealth
St. Luke’s merger with a St. Louis hospital system could mean bigger medical bills in Kansas City
St. Luke’s in Kansas City completed its merger this month with St. Louis-based BJC Health System. While the hospital systems say the merger will “enhance patient care and accelerate medical breakthroughs,” economists say patients may see higher prices.
Posted inEconomics, Health
Years of nurse short-staffing culminate in second strike in six months at two Ascension hospitals
After a monthslong struggle against cost-cutting measures, nurses at two Ascension Via Christi hospitals in Wichita went on strike for the second time in six months on Dec. 6 as negotiations dragged between the union and the state’s largest health care provider. Ascension Via Christi’s St. Francis and St. Joseph hospitals are dealing with ongoing […]