RWJ Barnabas Health’s Monmouth Medical Center launched a simple patient experience strategy in 2021 that is paying off in big ways, Asbury Park Press reported Oct. 4.
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$12M ASC renovation adds 14,300 square feet
Community Hospital of the Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula’s renovated ASC opened Oct. 4, the Monterey Herald reported Oct. 3.
Ophthalmology MSO partners with 5-physician ASC
Unifeye Vision Partners added Fargo, N.D.-based Northern Plains Surgery Center to its network.
Oregon ASC expands operations to offer overnight stays
Bend (Ore.) Surgery Center partnered with Summit Health and Bend Transitional Care to begin offering overnight stays at the facility, The Bulletin reported Oct. 4.
Only 49% of Americans plan to get flu shot amid threat of severe season, survey finds
While 69 percent of Americans agree flu vaccination is the best preventive measure against flu-related deaths, only 49 percent are planning on getting a shot this season, a new survey from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases found.
New omicron relatives make up nearly 20% of US cases: 4 updates
As BA.5 slowly descends, a collection of omicron relatives now make up 18.7 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases, according to the CDC’s latest variant proportion estimates.
Infection preventionists should still mask in patient care areas, APIC says
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology urges all infection preventionists to maintain mandatory mask requirement policies for all healthcare employees in patient care areas despite the CDC’s recent guidance shift.
2,000 PeaceHealth workers call for improved hospital standards
Members of Service Employees International Union 49 are holding a day of action Oct. 4, including an informational picket at facilities operated by Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth, according to a news release shared with Becker’s.
‘People and policymakers are finally getting it’: AMA President Dr. Jack Resneck Jr. on the fight to fix prior authorization, physician burnout
It’s only been around four months since Jack Resneck Jr., MD, took over as president of the American Medical Association. In that time, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Congress took action on a bill to reform prior authorization for Medi…
Ascension to close hospital, lay off 133 workers
Ascension is closing an Indiana hospital and nine medical practices, a move that will affect 133 employees, according to notices the St. Louis-based health system filed with state regulators.
