Hospitals near the southern U.S. border are preparing for a surge of patients as Title 42, the tighter policy of U.S. border enforcement enacted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, comes to an end.
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The 'Hispanic paradox' may not hold true for some cardiovascular outcomes
Recent studies found the “Hispanic paradox” does not always hold true for cardiovascular outcomes, the American Heart Association reported May 10.
Adventist settles for $200M after hospital destroyed in wildfire
Adventist Health settled with Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s Fire Victim Trust for $200 million for the loss of its Feather River Hospital in Paradise, Calif., during the 2018 Camp Fire, The Press Democrat reported May 10.
The case for letting nurses initiate C. diff testing
Allowing bedside nurses to independently order Clostridioides difficile testing could help hospitals lower the risk of patient infections and associated deaths, according to a study published May 11 in the American Journal of Infection Control.
GI Alliance partners with St. Louis practice
Gastroenterology management organization GI Alliance has partnered with St. Louis-based Specialists in Gastroenterology.
HCA does away with contracts that stick nurses with training costs
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is no longer embedding training costs into nurse contracts, according to a May 9 report from NBC News.
Iowa City hospital to rebrand
Mercy Iowa City (Iowa) hospital is undergoing a rebrand as it parts ways with parent company, West Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne, The Gazette reported May 10.
Viewpoint: PHE's premature end will heighten antipathy between hospitals and insurers
The end of the pandemic health emergency is “ill-timed and short-sighted” and will lead to even more tension between health systems and insurers, Paul Keckley, PhD, the author of The Keckley Report, said May 8.
Hospital at home lacks 'standards and accountability,' research professionals warn
Hospital-at-home programs can help ease many pressures on the healthcare industry, such as staffing and inpatient overcrowding. But “too many questions remain unanswered” for CMS to approve them permanently, research professionals argue in a recent art…
US News' top medical schools for 8 specialties
As part of its annual best medical schools lists, U.S. News & World Report conducted specialty rankings in anesthesiology, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiology, and surgery.
