When done properly, a handoff — from shift to shift, for example — creates continuity and consistency in a hospital setting, ensuring no balls are dropped when it comes to patient care.
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LCMC sues FTC after it challenges acquisition of 3 HCA hospitals
New Orleans-based LCMC Health has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, seeking clarification on whether a state’s acquisition approval can preempt federal merger revi…
Top 5 worst paying states for nurses
Below are the five lowest paying states for registered nurses in terms of annual salary per teach.com, using data gathered from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Top 5 best paying states for nurses
Below are the top five highest paying states by annual mean salary for registered nurses in the U.S. per teach.com, which gathered the data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:
2.5B clinician notes, 45 SDOH data points: How Truveta is helping health systems, researchers
Truveta, a data collective with 28 health system partners, has expanded its data sets to include more than 2.5 billion clinician notes and 45 attributes of social determinants of health to enhance its clinical support and research capabilities.
What health systems can learn from Starbucks on patient engagement: Q&A with Providence's Sara Vaezy
Sara Vaezy, executive vice president and chief digital officer of Renton, Wash.-based Providence, told Becker’s that health systems can learn from giants such as Starbucks and Amazon about personalizing patients’ experiences with their healthcare organ…
5 reasons ASCs are struggling to meet margins
ASC leaders recently joined Becker’s to discuss five major reasons surgery centers are struggling to meet margins.
Parkview Health reports reduced operating income of $61.2M, overall loss
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health System reported audited operating income of $61.2 million as expenses rose 10.4 percent on the year.
Michigan legislature reforms prior authorization: 10 things for physicians to know
In April 2022, the Michigan legislature signed Public Act 60, creating prior authorization reform for patients and clinicians in the state. All provisions in the act are set to take effect on June 1.
A 7-minute ED wait time: How 1 hospital got there
When leaders at Hackensack Meridian Health’s Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin, N.J., realized that mounting lists of patients in the emergency department waiting room were also stressing out ED clinicians, the hospital went from a “pull to f…
