Some U.S. physicians would like hospitals to consider opening safe-injection sites on their campuses to reduce the chance of addicted patients overdosing on illicit drugs while receiving medical treatment, as two Canadian hospitals recently have…
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DOJ’s rescission of affirmative action policies creates uncertainty for medical schools
Some medical school leaders worry that minorities will be deterred from pursuing postsecondary degrees.
Children’s hospital brings the playground to its patients
Erlanger Children’s Hospital Outpatient Center will be outfitted with some unusual accessories — full-size trucks.
Q&A with Adventist Health Castle CEO Kathy Raethel on Hawaii’s unique healthcare needs
Adventist Health Castle in Kailua is the only healthcare organization in Hawaii to receive the Malcolm Baldrige award. Kathy Raethel has been its CEO since 2011.
Catering to the elderly in the ED
St. Joseph’s University Medical Center has received Level 1 accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians for its geriatric emergency department. Elderly patients can expect to be treated by specially trained clinicians.
Advocacy groups ask CMS to block Kentucky’s Medicaid benefit cutoff
Three advocacy groups that won a federal court ruling blocking Kentucky’s Medicaid work requirement have asked the CMS to reject the state’s move to cut off vision, dental and non-emergency medical transportation benefits in response to the ruling.
Why for-profit insurers are scoping out Minnesota
To some, the influx of more for-profit plans in Minnesota adds welcome competition to an already competitive market. But others are wary and cautiously watching to see if the profit motive will endanger patients.
FDA scraps biosimilar guidance, saving hospitals EHR headaches
The FDA no longer plans to implement a guidance outlining a new naming protocol for biologics and biosimilars. The guidance would have required hospitals to spend hundreds of millions to overhaul their EHR systems.
CMS’ hospital star-ratings system changes will be modest
The CMS couldn’t yet disclose specific changes to the methodology, but a CMS official told Modern Healthcare the changes will likely involve finding a way to mitigate the impact that changes to measures have on hospitals’ overall ratings.
Hospital hiring spiked 71% in June
Hospitals added 10,600 new jobs in June, a 71% spike in hiring from May, even as healthcare jobs overall dipped.
