Sam Wildow

Kettering Health hopes its phone systems and health records software, Epic, will have more functionality next week, the hospital organization said, which also recognized that a “small subset” of its records were accessed by an unauthorized user. https://t.co/8Wd5sOPjV1

Kettering Health is no longer diverting emergency ambulances to other hospitals, according to its latest update amid its ongoing technology outage, bringing Kettering Health’s emergency departments back to being fully operational. https://t.co/1DkW1Mfepr

Kettering Health Primary Care practices are open for walk-in appointments with people who are already established Kettering Health patients, the hospital organization said in its latest update on its technology outage. https://t.co/vp46l9PDwU

As the ongoing technology outage at Kettering Health continues, the hospital organization is seeing progress getting its systems back up online and more quickly compared to industry standards, the organization says. https://t.co/6xqQWIwEVF

For the first time in four days since a cyberattack dramatically disabled its tech system, administrators with the region’s largest hospital system spoke publicly Friday night try to calm the fear among employees and thousands of patients in the region. https://t.co/pXlH9hNabX

Downtown Dayton does not have a police station, but the city wants to change that. https://t.co/dUooEz8snQ

Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County is looking to build up the number of volunteers it has in its region of the Ohio Medical Reserve Corps after a number of volunteers have left since the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/fdtOI4vDZ4

Numerous hospitals in the region received “A” grades on safety from the Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization that grades hospitals on how well they prevent medical errors and harm to patients. https://t.co/2yTcEHJ3Yq

Dayton Children’s has started construction on a new pediatric urgent care in West Dayton in an effort to widen its reach and connect with families in their neighborhood. https://t.co/eGVaNvtuLz

Nurses at Miami Valley Hospital are working on organizing to form a union, and organizers say they have been coming up against tough pushback from the hospital. https://t.co/PnJjKwlgKE

As the number of people with Alzheimer’s and the amount of unpaid caregiving continue to go up, the Alzheimer’s Association is advocating for more research and access to biomarker testing to help detect the disease early. https://t.co/uMRBslZlZH

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Before Alice Henry first began experiencing symptoms of perimenopause, she had no idea how drastically they would impact her ability to function daily. “It was really shocking,” said Henry, a Centerville native who lives in Columbus. https://t.co/DZ7fAIz2NS

After legislation that would have regulated pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) failed in last year’s Ohio General Assembly, new guidelines are being proposed in the state budget bill. https://t.co/nKQR19zNQA

People in the region are continuing to struggle to afford food as prices haven’t relented since the upswing following the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some tips to make the most of the food you have at home: https://t.co/MSSCiyRv5r

A local author is releasing a new set of books on the history of Hungarians in Dayton, and he will be launching the books Saturday at the Magyar Club of Dayton’s Eastern European Experience. https://t.co/wOJLZ4gkxA

Following the second auction for the former YWCA Huber Heights campus, the Montgomery County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) board authorized the sale to the highest bid of $2.6 million. https://t.co/6USlgAEad2