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Innovation
Dartmouth Health Uses Telemedicine, Virtual Learning to Help With Difficult Births
The New Hampshire health system is using a virtual health program to train rural providers to handle difficult births, while...
Strategy
Most States Have Yet to Permanently Fund 988. Call Centers Want Certainty.
The federal government has provided about $1 billion to launch the number, designed as an alternative to 911.
Finance
CA Offers Lifeline to 17 Troubled Hospitals
Hospital officials blame low Medi-Cal rates for saddling many hospitals with financial losses.
Innovation
West Virginia Targets Crowded ERs With New Pediatric Behavioral Health Program
Coordinated by Community Care of West Virginia and Aetna Better Health for West Virginia, the program will provide on-demand emergency...
Clinical Care
Life in a Rural 'Ambulance Desert' Means Sometimes Help Isn't on the Way
At least 4.5 million people in 41 states live in ambulance deserts.
Marketing
Doctors Sound Alarm About Child Nicotine Poisoning as Vapes Flood the U.S. Market
Cases of vaping-related nicotine exposure reported to poison centers hit an all-time high in 2022.
Telehealth
I/DD Care Provider Uses Telehealth to Save $100K in ER Costs Over 2 Years
Mainstay Life Services, which offers support for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in Pennsylvania, reduced ER and urgent care...
Telehealth
Northwell Health Launches Teleburn Network
The New York-based health system is using telemedicine to triage calls from three outlying hospitals so that ED doctors can...
Technology
UPMC: AI Beats Gold Standard for Diagnosing Heart Attacks
Researchers in Pittsburgh found that an AI tool outperformed the three most common practices for analyzing ECGs of patients being...
Innovation
CMS Ends ET3 Alternative Payment Model 2 Years Early
The agency says the innovative program that allowed EMS providers to seek alternative care pathways instead of the routine ED...
Clinical Care
The Exec: CMO Playing Key Role in $200M Hospital Expansion
The expansion of Williamson Medical Center will add 50 beds to the hospital.