Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. UMass Memorial president on tackling patient flow issues

    Emergency department boarding remains at crisis levels even as the pandemic dwindles — and capacity problems will likely persist for hospitals through the next decade.
  2. Prisma Health outlook revised to negative, may face downgrade

    Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health had its outlook revised to negative amid sustained operating pressures, S&P Global said July 13.
  3. Urgent need for safe nursing standards, nurse-to-patient ratios: American Nurses Association

    Hospitals throughout the country may be launching a wide variety of initiatives to attract and retain nurses and build future pipelines, but creating standards for safe staffing — including minimum nurse-to-patient ratios — is the top priority when it comes to shoring up healthcare facility nursing departments, according to a July 13 American Nurses Association news release.
  1. The downside of remote work for women

    The women's workforce has largely benefitted from the pandemic-spurred surge in remote work offerings. Millions of mothers with young children who left the workforce in 2020 found balance with the ability to work from home, and there are now more women in the labor force than ever.
  2. Google AI, 5G, virtual nursing: Innovation at Mayo, Cleveland Clinic, Intermountain

    As artificial intelligence proliferates and virtual nursing expands, hospitals and health systems have been highly focused on innovation. Here are 17 projects Becker's reported on in the past month.
  3. Hospitals, health systems getting big grants for EHRs

    Small, rural and safety-net hospitals across the U.S. are receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding and community grants to purchase and install EHRs.
  4. 'Only 2.8%?': Hospitals balk at Medicare's proposed outpatient pay increase

    The American Hospital Association has raised concerns about CMS' proposed outpatient hospital payment update of "only 2.8 percent" as the industry continues to battle persistent financial headwinds.

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  1. OSF exploring how AI could reduce ED wait times

    Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has employed a team of researchers to create machine learning models that can help reduce emergency department wait times, WCBU reported July 13.
  2. VA opposes stricter oversight for Cerner EHR rollout

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is pushing back against legislation that would require it to report codified improvement metrics for any new deployments of the Oracle Cerner EHR system, Washington Technology reported July 13.
  3. Workers to hold pickets at 50 Kaiser facilities

    Members of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions plan to hold pickets to protest what they say is a short staffing crisis and its effects on patients and caregivers.
  4. Epic's workforce grew 18% in 2 years

    Epic's workforce has grown in the last two years as the company continues to transform.

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  1. CMS floats 2.8% outpatient pay bump for 2024: 7 takeaways

    CMS has released its Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for 2024, which would raise Medicare outpatient payment rates for hospitals and ASCs next year.
  2. Mayo Clinic names leaders of new biotech innovation hub

    Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic named two leaders for its Discovery Oasis biotech innovation hub set to be built next to its hospital in Phoenix, Ariz.
  3. Connecticut AG sues nursing school after abrupt closure

    Stone Academy, a for-profit nursing program in West Haven, Conn., which shut down in February, is now facing a lawsuit from the state's Attorney General William Tong alleging violations of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act.
  4. WHO warns of sweetener that may cause cancer; FDA disagrees

    A World Health Organization analysis classified non-sugar sweetener aspartame as possibly carcinogenic to humans, but the FDA disagrees with the assessment.
  5. 'If we knew then what we know now…': How to clinically, operationally approach AI

    The fact that artificial intelligence is poised to not only change the way hospitals provide patient care, but also transform operations, is a foregone conclusion.
  6. 3 Apple healthcare job openings

    Apple continues to aggressively hire for healthcare jobs focused on enhancing the health features of its devices.
  7. 10 inpatient rehab hospitals with the lowest readmission rates, per CMS

    Becker's has compiled a list of the 10 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals with the lowest readmission rates per CMS's Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Provider Data.
  8. CMS considers hospital price, data transparency changes in 2024

    CMS proposed changing the hospital price transparency regulations to make them more accessible to patients and more strictly enforce compliance for 2024.
  9. 新米exico bridges rural care gap with micro-hospital

    Albuquerque (N.M.) ER and Hospital has opened a new fully licensed micro-hospital, KOB reported July 13.

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