'Stop RFK War Room'; Trump Overhauling Medicaid? Why Assaults at Hospitals Rose Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 19, 2024
Primary Care Doctors at Mass General Brigham Want to Unionize Issues include workload, bureaucracy, and loss of autonomy Nov 18, 2024
CDC Advisors Defend Infection Control Draft Guidance HICPAC supports surgical masks for airborne pathogens, sick workers returning after 3 days Nov 18, 2024
Are Doctors Costing Hospitals $300K Per Year? Report says doctors are "subsidized," but some question the math Nov 15, 2024
Surgeons Billed $2 Billion for Unnecessary Spine Surgeries: Report Lown Institute names hospitals, states with high rates of overuse Nov 14, 2024
State Medical Boards Lax When It Comes to Doctor Discipline "Are they looking out for physicians, or are they looking out for patients?" report author asks Nov 14, 2024
Are There Some Words That Doctors Should Never Use? Alternative phrasing can open dialogue and built trust with seriously ill patients, experts say Nov 13, 2024
AMA Delegates Want Better Protection From Ionizing Radiation Exposure Delegates express concerns that PPE doesn't always cover women, who are more at risk of exposure Nov 12, 2024
As Nuns Disappear, Many Catholic Hospitals Look More Like Megacorporations Not a single nun can be found in C-suites Nov 10, 2024
In Vermont, Where Almost Everyone Has Insurance, Many Can't Find or Afford Care Vermonters pay the highest prices nationwide for individual health coverage Nov 07, 2024
Clinicians Too Play a Role in Community Violence Intervention Collaboration between different program types is key Nov 06, 2024
Medicare Finalizes Doc Pay Cut; Mask Mandates Return; Top Voter Concerns Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 04, 2024
A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas ERs This marks one of at least two women who died under the state abortion ban Nov 02, 2024
Texas Hospitals Must Now Ask Patients Whether They Are in the U.S. Legally State will also track the cost of treating people without legal status Nov 01, 2024
What's Our Capacity for Measuring Hospital Capacity? With respiratory virus season coming, resumed reporting is critical Oct 31, 2024
Toddler's Backyard Snakebite Bills Totaled More Than a Quarter Million Dollars A look at the cost of antivenom Oct 30, 2024
Woman Dies Waiting 40 Hours for Care; NP's Sex Assault Arrest; Violence in Hospitals Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 30, 2024
Early AKI Care Recommendations Did Not Improve Patient Outcomes Personalized recs were made by team of physicians and pharmacists within an hour of diagnosis Oct 29, 2024
Hospitals' AI Transcription Tool Invents Things No One Ever Said, Researchers Say Chunks of text or even entire sentences were made up, according to experts Oct 28, 2024
UVA Health Surgeons Sound Alarm on Upcoding Leaked meeting audio latest development in ongoing strife at health system, medical school Oct 24, 2024
Want to Fix ED Boarding? Try 'Surgical Smoothing,' Expert Says And no, it doesn't involve doing surgery on the weekends, notes Peter Viccellio, MD Oct 23, 2024
What Will the IV Fluid Shortage Mean for Hospital Finance? A more strategic approach to production is key to preventing crises like this Oct 23, 2024
IV Fluid Shortage May Impact Surgeries Around the U.S. for Weeks Hurricane-related damage keeps sterile fluids factory shut down Oct 22, 2024
Why Hospital Gowns Are Ugly; Mass Food Poisoning in Maryland; Eli Lilly Files Suit Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 22, 2024
Shorter Course of Antibiotics Works for Bloodstream Infections With few exceptions, treatment can be shortened to 7 days, researcher says Oct 19, 2024
'Virtual ED' Helps One Health System Avoid Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits Half of patients referred to care at home, doctor's office, or urgent care Oct 18, 2024
Use of Prior Authorization Up in Medicare Advantage Plans, Senate Report Finds Post-acute care services targeted for coverage denials Oct 17, 2024
Are Surgical Outcomes Better With MDs or DOs? Medicare claims analysis finds no differences in death, readmissions, and length of stay Oct 16, 2024
California Health Workers Get a Pay Bump Under New Minimum Wage Law Many workers will see the increase this week Oct 16, 2024
State to Pay $13M After Shooter Drill Terrified Kids' Psych Hospital Fifty children at the hospital will each receive about $60,000 Oct 15, 2024
Clonidine Comparable to Morphine for Infants With Opioid Withdrawal Randomized trial showed no significant differences in length of treatment, neurobehavioral scores Oct 15, 2024
Hospitals Unhappy With New Requirement to Report Bed Capacity and COVID Count One group calls it "needlessly heavy-handed" Oct 14, 2024
Florida Hospitals Tested By Back-to-Back Storms Florida Hospital Association president says facilities are operational, with very few exceptions Oct 10, 2024
FDA's Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely to End Decades of Racial Bias Devices three times as likely to miss dangerously low blood oxygen in Black patients Oct 10, 2024
Officials Scramble to Protect IV Supplies in Wake of Hurricane Disruption American Hospital Association called on Biden administration to take more steps to ease shortage Oct 10, 2024
Florida Hospitals in Hurricane Milton's Path Prepare for the Worst Some facilities plan to stay open during the storm Oct 09, 2024
Certain Arm Positions Can Lead to Inaccurate Blood Pressure Readings Important to educate patients conducting home measurements, says researcher Oct 08, 2024 video
Here's This Year's Crop of Best Children's Hospitals Some changes were implemented to annual rankings from U.S. News & World Report Oct 08, 2024
Fla. Hospitals Evacuate; Man Charged in Indian Doctor's Death; Life Expectancy Limit Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 08, 2024
Catholic Hospital Offered Bucket, Towels to Woman It Denied an Abortion California AG suing hospital for allegedly violating state laws Oct 07, 2024