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Strategy
'Stonewall Generation' Confronts Old Age, Sickness—And Discrimination
In a country where most elder care is left to family, many LGBTQ people are estranged from relatives and don't...
Clinical Care
Will Ties To A Catholic Hospital System Tie Doctors' Hands?
Dignity Health, like other Catholic chains, is bound by ethical and religious directives from the United States Conference of Catholic...
Strategy
Safety Nets Will Gain Under New Medicare Reimbursements
Stakeholders back federal rules that factor in social determinants of health to create a more-level playing field for hospitals that...
Nursing
AONE Changes Its Name to Better Reflect Nurse Leadership
Reflecting its commitment to nurse leaders at all stages of their careers, the organization will become the American Organization of...
Strategy
Cedars-Sinai Partnering with Providence on Tarzana Hospital
A major expansion project that has been underway at the facility is expected to be completed in about three years.
Clinical Care
Postacute Care Location Matters for Readmissions
After adjusting for proximity to a home healthcare agency versus an SNF, the difference was a 5.6-percentage point greater rate...
Innovation
HHS Unveils Medicare 'ET3' Emergency Transport Payment Model
The model will give providers the option of treating Medicare FFS patients at the scene, or using telehealth, and to...
Clinical Care
Powerful Antibiotics Frequently Prescribed for Discharged Patients
Even as hospitals try to cut back on prescribing powerful antibiotics for their patients, many of those patients still head...
Strategy
Threats to Hospitals Emerging Already From CVS-Aetna Combination
CVS has vowed to change the way U.S. healthcare is delivered, including efforts to give patients less need to use...
Clinical Care
Providers Walk 'Fine Line' Between Informing And Scaring Immigrant Patients
The proposed 'public charge' rule would allow the federal government to consider immigrants' use of an expanded list of public...
Nursing
A Patient Care Advocate Primer for Nurses
Here's how healthcare providers can work with private patient care advocates to improve patient care and outcomes.
Clinical Care
Emergency Medical Responders Confront Racial Bias
Unconscious bias can be subtle, but, as this new report shows, it may be one of the factors behind race-linked...