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Four of five hospital leaders trust the accuracy of their institution’s data. Yet almost half of useable data gets underutilized if not completely untapped for guiding business and clinical decisions.
Medicare’s Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund has the wherewithal to pay the full bill for beneficiaries’ stays in hospitals, hospice sites and skilled nursing facilities for the next 12 years. But what then?
Half a year after President Biden officially directed federal agencies in the executive branch’s bailiwick to “seize the promise and manage the risks” of AI, the White House has posted a status report.
Physician payments are down slightly across the board, but they've fallen significantly for a handful of specialties. Researchers examined the long-term impact this trend could have on patient care.
Advanced practice providers have enjoyed a raise in total cash compensation of 16% over the last five years. That’s a sharper upward pay trajectory than physicians or nurses have seen over that period.
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., plans to file post-trial motions against the $261 million judgment that a Florida jury last week ordered the institution to pay.
The COVID-19 pandemic undid years and years of progress in terms of preventing CVD-related deaths. What can be done to help reverse this trend once and for all?
The new-look syringes are causing significant issues when used with syringe infusion pumps. This is a Class I recall, which means the FDA believes the products “may cause serious injuries or death.”
Less than a week after the famous Kowalski family won a $261 million civil judgment against a Johns Hopkins facility in Florida, Maya Kowalski is announcing she will slap the hospital with a criminal complaint alleging sexual assault.
The agency is urging healthcare providers to transition away from these devices and seek out alternatives. It is even working with other manufacturers to try and get similar products on the market as quickly as possible.
Jeffrey Kuvin, MD, one of the leading voices behind efforts to create a new Board of Cardiovascular Medicine, spoke with Cardiovascular Business about where things stand today.