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Cedars-Sinai develops AI tool to better predict heart attacks

Los Angeles-based Cedars Sinai investigators have developed an artificial intelligence technology that’s expected to make it easier to predict whether a person will have a heart attack, the system said this week.

AHA urges Congress to provide additional relief to hospitals beyond the $175B in the CARES Act

The American Hospital Association wants Congress to allocate additional provider relief funds beyond the original $175 billion in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
 
The AHA is not asking Congress for a specific dollar amount.

Moderna seeks FDA authorization for COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 6

Moderna said it’s planning to submit a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize a low-dose COVID-19 vaccine for children under 6 years old, part of a push to inoculate the 18 million American children under 5 who are not yet eligib…

HHS is giving providers $413 million in relief fund payments

The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, has announced more than $413 million in Provider Relief Fund payments is going to more than 3,600 providers across the country. 

Early-warning system for sepsis saves lives at University of Missouri Health Care

The use of algorithms has saved lives at the University of Missouri Health Care.
The health system put in place an early-warning system tied to the EHR to alert rapid-response teams of a patient’s risk for developing sepsis, a life-threatening infection.

Telehealth critical for Medicare beneficiaries in pandemic’s first year

Telehealth was a critical lifeline for people in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, though this was especially true for Medicare beneficiaries, with more than 28 million beneficiaries using virtual health services during the first year of the pub…

Telehealth will endure, but providers are managing expectations

Telehealth technology has been cited for its convenience, especially when usage skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are also frustrations, according to recently released UnitedHealth Group research.

HHS puts $44M toward mental health for those with HIV/AIDS

The Department of Health and Human Services is establishing a number of grant programs, encompassing $43.7 million worth of funding, that are intended to strengthen mental health and substance use services for those with HIV and AIDS.

The biggest trends in healthcare are hospital care at home and the widening labor gap

During HIMSS22, Philips gave its top predictions for the future of healthcare systems over the next three years based on labor market trends and the expansion of hospital-at-home services.
Roy Jakobs, chief business leader of Connected Care at Philips,…

Remote patient monitoring improves access to care for Avera patients

In the spring of 2020, the virus that causes COVID-19 was tearing across the country and wreaking havoc on patients and on the healthcare systems that served them. No hospital, system or ancillary facility was left unaffected.
In South Dakota, when the…