Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Princess Alexandra Hospital offers data for medication harm research A research project from the University of Queensland School of Pharmacy has started collaborating with the Princess Alexandra Hospital to use digital technologies in reducing rehospitalisation cases due to medication harm.

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Hospitals 227

Bill of Health

JUNE 29, 2023

By Stephen Wood The State of Massachusetts is currently reviewing a new protocol for the pre-hospital (i.e., In the pre-hospital setting, hemorrhagic shock, which is characterized by rapid blood loss that results in potentially fatal oxygen depletion of the vital organs, is traditionally managed by the administration of intravenous fluids.

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Hospitals Bioethics 258

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 26, 2023

Data from the new hospital-at-home platform will be accessible through Orlando Health's Epic electronic health records through a multi-year agreement with the connected health and digital therapeutics company.

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Hospitals COVID-19 Doctors 355

Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 21, 2022

“We are pulling back the curtain and letting the sunshine in on hospital and nursing home ownership because it is what the public deserves,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said Tuesday in a statement.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 26, 2023

Medicaid eligibility checks beginning in April will likely curb hospital revenue and enrollment growth for payers, Moody's Investors Service said in a report.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 24, 2023

Lake County, Ohio's Mentor Hospital opened earlier this month, with Cleveland Clinic's first private 5G network – a 5G millimeter wave network built on an Ericsson platform. Another area is with hospital-at-home programs. Mandel CEO chair. "With high-speed imaging, demand will grow over time," he said.

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Hospitals 215

Healthcare Dive

APRIL 11, 2023

The amount nonprofit hospitals receive in tax breaks over what they spend on charity care in several states could cover all medical debt for residents, according to the Lown Institute.

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Hospitals 313

Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 9, 2023

The letter, sent by a bipartisan group of senators to tax commissioners, comes as the federal government increases scrutiny into nonprofit hospitals’ charity care spending.

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Hospitals Governance 235

Healthcare Dive

JULY 21, 2023

The regulatory agencies sent a joint letter to roughly 130 hospitals and telehealth providers outlining the risks of using online tracking technologies that might disclose sensitive consumer information.

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Hospitals 225

Healthcare Dive

JUNE 6, 2023

The new study is the latest in a string of research suggesting nonprofit hospitals’ balance sheets benefit from the latitude they have regarding charity care spending.

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Hospitals 330

Healthcare It News

JULY 18, 2023

Changi General Hospital has deployed a trio of autonomous mobile robots in and around the emergency department to complement nursing care. Following this, the hospital is planning to deploy both EDi and MEDi to other areas on the campus to widen wayfinding and medication delivery.

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Nurses Hospitals 210

Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 8, 2023

The complexity of combining IT systems and increased media attention before a deal could explain hospitals’ increased vulnerability, according to the paper.

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Hospitals 245

Healthcare Dive

JUNE 1, 2023

Inflation and high expenses are placing a burden on hospitals as they recover from COVID-19 challenges. Hospital labor expenses rose 3% in April from March, according to Kaufman Hall.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Patient Rights Advocate concluded that some hospitals owned by Ascension and HCA Healthcare are omitting rates for medical services from files made public under new federal rules.

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Patient Advocacy Hospitals 338

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Ascom has been chosen to provide its clinical communications and collaboration solutions to a new medical facility run by the Chulabhorn Hospital in Thailand. The new hospital started operating its emergency department on 9 January. The new hospital started operating its emergency department on 9 January.

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Hospitals Nurses 244

Healthcare Dive

MAY 20, 2022

The law includes penalties of up to $10,000 per day for hospitals failing to follow requirements and not taking corrective action, though Gov. Jared Polis asked the state health department to go easy on small, rural hospitals.

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Hospitals 271

Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 20, 2023

There is still ambiguity over whether the noncompete clause ban would apply to nonprofit systems, which make up about half of all the hospitals in the U.S.

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Hospitals 300

Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 2, 2023

Hospitals decried the rate adjustment, which is higher than the 2.8% proposed earlier this year, as out of touch with their financial reality.

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Hospitals 189

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taoyuan City, Taiwan has become the second-highest-ranking organisation in the latest HIMSS Digital Health Indicator. HIMSS noted the hospital's regular tracking and reporting of KPIs, with each department having its own departmental-level indicator.

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Hospitals Electronic Medical Records Telemedicine Governance 275

Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 6, 2023

Thousands of nurses across eight hospitals initially intended to begin an open-ended strike on Monday. Three hospitals have averted strikes after reaching tentative agreements.

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Nurses Hospitals 292

Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 23, 2023

The funds have come under scrutiny, with some reports suggesting that high-performing hospitals capitalized on them to post record operating margins.

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Hospitals 208

Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 23, 2023

Learn how healthcare stakeholders can build and maintain an inbound chain of custody at a busy hospital with competing priorities.

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Hospitals 297

Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The state alleged the hospital knew about security issues before the attack and failed to directly notify patients for more than 200 days.

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Hospitals 173

Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The American Hospital Association is pushing the FTC to abandon its proposal to eliminate restrictive covenants. At the very least, the lobby wants physicians and senior executives exempt.

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Hospitals 362

Healthcare Dive

APRIL 11, 2023

Hospital lobbies slammed the proposed rule as insufficient to help hospitals address inflation and rising labor costs, though research signals hospitals are more financially stable than such groups suggest.

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Hospitals 256

Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Hospitals must effectively mitigate risks to ensure patients and staff are safe as part of their Medicare certification, the agency said in a Monday memo, noting that some facilities have received citations for failing to do so.

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Hospitals Medicare Medicare 297

Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 2, 2023

The study from the Blues payer is the latest finding hospital acquisitions lead to increased readmissions and higher costs for patients.

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Hospitals 221

Healthcare It News

JULY 21, 2023

They go on to describe how integrated tools on hospital and telemedicine websites can not only send PHI information directly back, but third parties like Google and Meta/Facebook may continue to track and gather information about patients even after they navigate away. tracking technology vendors) includes PHI.

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Hospitals HIPAA Telemedicine 201

Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

No hospitals in HCA Healthcare, Tenet, Providence and UPMC systems were fully compliant with federal price transparency rules, according to a new analysis.

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Hospitals 250

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Boston Children's Hospital recently announced its plans to transition to a unified Epic electronic health record. Boston Children's IT department is "working hard to make this transition as painless as possible," according to the hospital.

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Hospitals Electronic Medical Records 146

Healthcare Dive

MAY 4, 2023

Rising expenses and thin operating margins have left hospitals vulnerable to a potential recession or a new public health emergency.

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Hospitals Public Health 270

Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has co-developed a kinetic tool that can help identify treatments for MS through its motion detection technology.

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Hospitals 94

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Artificial intelligence soared to the top spot in an annual survey that measures what emerging technology excites hospital executives as having the potential to transform the industry.

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Hospitals 133

Becker's Health IT

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Russian ransomware gang Clop is being attributed to the attack on a vulnerability in software called MOVEit that has affected multiple hospitals and health systems around the U.S., Security Affairs reported Sept.

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Ransomware Hospitals 113

Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Newcastle Hospitals said it is reviewing documents from its electronic records after being notified that some patient letters may never have been sent.

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Hospitals 88

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has grown to 125 health systems and 289 hospitals in 37 states in less than three years. A number of other health systems and hospitals have secured waivers but haven't yet implemented a program.

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