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Mobile stroke units tied to higher chances of averting stroke
Patients who receive care in a mobile stroke unit may have a better chance of averting a stroke and complete recovery relative to those who receive standard hospital emergency care, new research suggests.
CDC advisory panel OKs Pfizer's 5 in 1 meningitis vaccine
The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices formally recommended Pfizer’s meningitis vaccine Oct. 25, five days after the FDA granted it full approval.
'Six-dimensional chess': Hospitals' statements on Israel show delicate nature of responding to tragedies
Some hospitals and health systems are being criticized for what they did — or didn’t say — about the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Boston Globe reported.
Hospital exploring Pennsylvania alliance affiliation
Kittanning, Pa.-based Armstrong County Memorial Hospital is weighing whether to become part of DuBois-based Pennsylvania Mountains Care Alliance, a collaborative of independent community hospitals, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Oct. 26.
Mercy Iowa City's sale delay harming community, orthopedic group says
Stalling by Mercy Iowa City hospital authorities over the facility’s sale is causing employees to leave and patients to cancel procedures, according to the orthopedic group operating at the bankrupt hospital in an Oct. 25 report from The Gazette.
MedStar researchers 'mine' for drug errors with machine learning
Most “close calls” of medication errors are not analyzed because most organizations manually review mistakes that lead to patient harm. Researchers at Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health used machine learning to fix this lack of insight.
Sutter, AstraZeneca launch app for chemo management
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca will launch an app this winter to help cancer patients manage and track chemotherapy drugs more easily.
UHS contract labor costs increase 15% in Q3
As for-profit system Universal Health Services seeks to return to pre-pandemic levels of operating performance, contract labor costs remain an issue.
UMMS does more than break even as net gain rises to $161M
Baltimore-based the University of Maryland Medical System barely broke even in fiscal 2022, reporting an operating income of $175,000.
Kaiser, Mayo, CVS back $30M round for AI clinical documentation company
Abridge, an artificial intelligence-powered clinical documentation company, raised $30 million in a series B financing round that saw participation from CVS Health Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Lifepoint Health and Mayo Clinic.
