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Remote COVID Monitoring Reduces Hospitalizations for Cancer PatientsA Mayo Clinic program used in-home technology to monitor oxygen levels, vital signs and COVID-19 symptoms, and relied on a...
Covid-19
With Roots in Civil Rights, Community Health Centers Push for Equity in the PandemicStates that were slow to use health centers in the vaccine rollout made a mistake that has made it difficult...
Telehealth
'Better Than the Hospital': Pandemic Boosts Care for Serious Illnesses at HomeA growing number of health systems are offering people with more serious health conditions hospital-level treatment in the comfort of...
Telehealth
Is Your Living Room the Future of Hospital Care?Hospital-level care at home ? some of it provided over the internet ? is poised to grow after more than...
Clinical Care
Aiding Her Dying Husband, a Geriatrician Learns the Emotional and Physical Toll of CaregivingThis has been a year like none other for Rebecca Elon, MD, who has dedicated her professional life to helping...
Revenue Cycle
Her Doctor's Office Moved One Floor Up. Her Bill Was 10 Times Higher.What had changed was how the hospital system classified the appointment for billing.
Strategy
OIG: U.S. Hospitals in 'Survival Mode'Hospital finances are stressed, care access is threatened, and staff are burned out.
Clinical Care
Under New Cost-Cutting Medicare Rule, Same Surgery, Same Place, Different BillCMS says the change was designed to give patients and doctors more options and help lower costs.
Clinical Care
Hospital Service Volumes Expected to Rebound, Survey FindsHealth system executives surveyed early this year are optimistic about service volumes despite ongoing uncertainty linked to the coronavirus pandemic.
Nursing
Role Reversal: COVID Increases Ranks of Child CaregiversMore than 3 million children and teens help an ill or disabled family member.
Clinical Care
How to Create a Transitional Outpatient Program for Behavioral Health InpatientsCase managers are a pivotal element of a new program designed to improve care for behavioral health patients up to...
Clinical Care
How to Treat Coronavirus Patients in Post-ICU Care ClinicsThe ICU Survivor Center at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital has treated about 100 COVID-19 patients who survived ICU-level care.