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Innovation
How Children's Hospital Beds Factor Into COVID-19 Bed Capacity for AdultsSome 50% of children are hospitalized in adult facilities. Moving them to children's hospitals would free more beds for adult...
Nursing
How to Improve Patient Handoffs Breakdowns in communication can cost lives and dollars. Here's what it takes to create smooth patient handoffs.
Clinical Care
Camden Coalition Remains Committed to 'Hotspotting' Despite SetbackA recent New England Journal of Medicine study is "not an indictment against all care management and care coordination programs,"...
Clinical Care
How Lifesaving Organs For Transplant Go Missing In TransitA new analysis of transplant data finds that a startling number of lifesaving organs are lost or delayed after being...
Strategy
Hospital Splits This Payroll Expense 50/50 With Local Payer to Curb ER OveruseNew Ulm Medical Center struck a deal with a local payer willing to share the cost of a simple intervention....
Clinical Care
An Atlanta Nonprofit Brings Medical Care And Connection To The HomelessIt's a public health strategy that can be found in dozens of cities in the United States and around the...
Nursing
Nurse-Led Program Improves Care of Older AdultsNICHE program supports healthcare organizations in caring for older adults.
Clinical Care
Frequent ED Users Have Higher Utilization Rates Than Nonfrequent UsersHemal K. Kanzaria, MD, MSc, says the study can provide hospitals and health systems with an opportunity to partner "outside...
Innovation
AdventHealth Uses AI to Balance Capacity Issues Among 9 HospitalsUse of command center AI technology and predictive analytics accelerate patient care and nearly eliminate the need to turn away...
Innovation
Early Reviews Positive for Proposed Stark Law, Anti-kickback RevampsWhile still reading the fine print, stakeholders say they're pleased that CMS has taken steps to update the 30-year-old laws.
Innovation
AI and Predictive Analytics Enable Tampa General to Save $10 Million, Reduce LOSCommand center enable the hospital to take real-time action on data to reduce bottlenecks and improve the patient experience.
Finance
1.3% of Enrollees Account for Nearly 20% of Spending in Larger Employer Health PlansEnrollees with 'persistently high spending' over three years averaged almost $88,000 in health spending in 2017.