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Hospitals That Ditch Masks Risk Exposure

Bill of Health

Manta This month, New York became the latest to join the growing list of states that have ended their requirements for routine masking in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Ending routine masking in hospital settings is a dangerous move. By Nina Kohn and Irina D.

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Upcoming Medicaid redeterminations could hamper hospitals, payers

Healthcare Dive

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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Majority of adults with medical debt owe money to hospitals

Healthcare Dive

a new analysis from the Urban Institute highlights how targeting hospital billing could ameliorate the problem While medical debt remains a persistent financial burden in the U.S.,

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Maintaining an inbound chain of custody for hospitals

Healthcare Dive

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

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A Guide to Virtual Care Technology: 5 Steps to Creating Your Continuum of Care

This guide addresses the increased demand for and benefits of expanding your virtual care options to help retain patients, cut down on hospital readmissions, and expand revenue opportunities.

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Nonprofit hospitals may evade noncompete ban enforcement, experts say

Healthcare Dive

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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More hospitals are electronically sharing health information

Healthcare Dive

However, discrepancies among providers hint at ongoing challenges

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HHS releases ownership data on nation’s hospitals

Healthcare Dive

“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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Colorado governor signs hospital staffing bill

Healthcare Dive

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 are hiding prices from patients, advocacy report says

Healthcare Dive

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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A Guide to Improved Sepsis Detection & Compliance: 6 Areas You Should Address

This guide highlights key areas that your sepsis detection platform should address to minimize the impact of this leading, entirely preventable cause of in-hospital deaths, as well as how to increase compliance by 20% in 30 days. Download to learn more!

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'Most socially responsible' hospitals ranked

Healthcare Dive

The Lown Institute index, which measures hospitals with metrics such as value and health equity, found that the best performers were often located in smaller communities

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Rural hospitals face ‘precarious’ outlook as expenses climb, AHA says

Healthcare Dive

Rapidly rising labor, drug and supply costs could trigger another wave of facility closures, the hospital lobby said

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CMS warns hospitals must protect staff, patients from violence

Healthcare Dive

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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Major hospitals still noncompliant with price transparency rules

Healthcare Dive

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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Banning Noncompete Contracts for Medical Staff Riles Hospitals

Kaiser Health News

Jacqui O’Kane took a job with a hospital in southern Georgia in 2020, as the lone doctor in a primary care clinic in a small town that’s a medically underserved area. community hospitals. Health Industry The Health Law Doctors Hospitals Legislation Nurses

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Hospitals still fall short on price transparency, consumer group says

Healthcare Dive

Hospitals pushed back on the Patient Rights Advocate report, which found that just 16% of hospitals were fully compliant with the price transparency law

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Nottingham University Hospitals rolls out Nervecentre EPMA

Digital Health News

The rollout of Nervecentre's EPMA has further advanced Nottingham University Hospitals' Digitisation Programme and is improving patient safety.

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Why Hospitals Need Data Loggers

Electronic Health Reporter

Hospitals rely on data loggers for a variety of reasons; here’s a look at four of the critical ways in which they use data loggers: 1 – Protect Sensitive Assets The most common use of […]. The article Why Hospitals Need Data Loggers appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust selects Altera Digital Health

Digital Health News

Altera Digital Health's Sunrise electronic patient record has been deployed to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust to boost its digital maturity.

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New York nurses reach deals with some hospitals, others still plan strike

Healthcare Dive

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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What's holding up hospital at home?

Healthcare Dive

Widespread adoption of acute-level care at home models has been hampered by physician reluctance and patchwork reimbursement, though a CMS waiver caused hospital participation to snowball during the pandemic

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CMS issues first price transparency fines to 2 Georgia hospitals

Healthcare Dive

Regulators have been criticized for moving slowly to enforce the rules, which came into effect January last year amid fierce opposition from hospital groups

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Hospitals bet big on venture capital amid COVID-19 revenue flux

Healthcare Dive

Hospitals are increasingly acting as venture capitalists, ratcheting up investments in companies with products they can use and scale, according to a data analysis of hospital VC arms conducted by Healthcare Dive

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8 ways hospitals can prevent a cyberattack

Healthcare Dive

After the ransomware attack at CommonSpirit, cybersecurity experts share the top ways health systems can protect valuable patient data

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Appeals court nixes Hackensack-Englewood hospital merger in New Jersey

Healthcare Dive

New Jersey's largest hospital system lost its challenge to merge with Englewood Hospital, a transaction the FTC sought to halt because of competition concerns

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Surgical procedures cost significantly more at hospitals in networks versus independent facilities, study finds

Healthcare Dive

The median price for a shoulder arthroscopy was $4,432 at hospitals within a network, compared to $2,643 at independent hospitals, new research in JAMA Network Open found

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Maryland Hospital Suffers Ransomware Attack

Health IT Security

Atlantic General Hospital… read more

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FBI takes down hacker group that targeted hospitals

Healthcare Dive

The notorious ransomware group, known as the Hive, has impacted some of the nation’s most critical industries

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Hospital margins stabilizing after year in negatives, Kaufman Hall says

Healthcare Dive

Expenses were still high in February, though rising prices for goods and services were more to blame than costly labor, according to the report

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Nurses at 7 New York hospitals plan open-ended strike

Healthcare Dive

About 16,000 nurses originally planned to strike next Monday, though 4,000 nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital reached a tentative agreement one day after delivering notice of their plans to walk off the job

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Orlando Health to launch AI-driven hospital-at-home services

Healthcare It News

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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Hospital margins improve modestly in November as expenses dip

Healthcare Dive

The monthly upturn in operating margins, identified in a new report from Kaufman Hall, is a bright spot in an otherwise difficult year for the nation’s hospitals

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Leeds Children’s Hospital outpatients scheduling system a success

Digital Health News

Following the implementation of Bookwise Solutions' software, Leeds Children's Hospital has increased the number of outpatient department clinics. Clinical Software News Bookwise Solutions ePAWs Leeds Children’s Hospital Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust outpatients scheduling software

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Atrium, Best Buy partner to co-develop hospital-at-home programming

Healthcare Dive

The multi-year partnership combines Atrium’s hospital-at-home program and existing telemedicine infrastructure with Best Buy’s at-home care business, along with the retailer’s home installation and supply chain capabilities