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CommonSpirit hospital responds to op-ed on overcrowding
A hospital with Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health responded to an op-ed in a California newspaper accusing the facility of ignoring overcrowding issues.
Texas hospitals to start asking patients about their citizenship status: 6 notes
Starting Nov. 1, Texas hospitals will have to ask patients about their citizenship status, The Texas Tribune reported Oct. 17.
MetroHealth opens new psychiatric ED
Cleveland-based MetroHealth has opened a psychiatric emergency department to offer 24/7 care to patients experiencing mental health crises.
The costs of ED boarding: 4 takeaways
Emergency department boarding not only complicates hospital operations and hampers care quality, but it also places a significant financial burden on health systems, a recent study suggests.
Pediatric cancer drug shortage: 5 things to know
The shortage of pediatric cancer drugs is a growing concern for families and healthcare providers, with critical medications, like injectable methotrexate and leucovrin, increasingly hard to obtain for children diagnosed with leukemia, USA Today report…
Combination flu-COVID drug study paused after 'serious adverse event'
The FDA has placed a clinical hold on Novavax’s application for its COVID-19-Influenza combination and standalone influenza vaccine candidates following a report of a “serious adverse event.”
Ascension hospital CEO to retire
Gordon Ferguson will retire by the end of June 2025 as president and CEO of Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford in Murfreesboro, Tenn., according to a release from its parent company, St. Louis-based Ascension.
Google Cloud's gen AI healthcare partnerships yield results
Google Cloud forged several partnerships with significant health systems and health plans in the last few years to develop generative AI solutions and tools designed to reduce administrative burden. Their work couldn’t come at a better time, as burnout…
Revenue cycle leaders see GenAI's medical coding potential
Sixty-five percent of health system revenue cycle leaders surveyed believe generative AI will have a substantial effect on their medical coding operations, according to an Oct. 16 report from Akasa.
Duke, GE HealthCare expand AI hospital command center
Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System will be the first healthcare provider to adopt a new real-time data tool GE HealthCare for its hospital command center.
