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Innovation
At Sanford Health, Virtual Nursing is an Audio-Visual Experience
Nursing executives at the nation?s largest rural health system, participating in the HealthLeaders Virtual Nursing Mastermind program, say that ?extra...
Payer
How the Trump Administration Aims to Slash Healthcare Spending
One thing experts from a wide range of fields agree on: The damage will be varied and immense.
CMO
Rural Patients Face Tough Choices When Their Hospitals Stop Delivering Babies
More than a hundred rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies since 2021 owing to shortages of staff and money.
Payer
Trump's DOJ Accuses Medicare Advantage Insurers of Paying 'Kickbacks' for Primo Customers
DOJ alleges insurers labeled payments as 'marketing' or 'sponsorship' fees to get around rules that set caps on broker commissions.
Innovation
Giving the Hospital at Home Strategy a Pediatric Spin
Atrium Health?s Levine Children's Hospital has launched the first Hospital at Home program in the country that focuses on children...
Pharma
Pharmacists Stockpile Most Common Drugs on Chance of Targeted Trump Tariffs
Pharmacists find themselves on the front lines of a tariff storm.
Innovation
Can an AI 'Nurse' Improve Maternal Health Outcomes?
A new project in Illinois aims to connect at risk mothers-to-be with a remote patient monitoring platform that includes a...
Telehealth
Dead Zone: Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Blackouts
Years of Republican and Democratic administrations have tried to fix the nation's broadband woes.
CNO
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak
Studies in nursing homes show how commonplace such speech is.
Payer
Medicaid Payments Barely Keep Hospital Mental Health Units Afloat. Federal Cuts Could Sink Them.
The U.S. already faces a deep shortage of inpatient mental health services.
Payer
Why Do Americans Pay More for Prescription Drugs?
Drug companies in the U.S. face few restraints on what to charge for their products. A bipartisan bill would penalize...
Innovation
Virtual Nursing's Future? One Platform, Many Uses
Houston Methodist is now using virtual nursing across eight acute care campuses, and handling some 500 admits and discharges per...