Boston-based Mass General Brigham is implementing health data company DexCare’s platform-as-a-service to improve the health system’s virtual care.
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Cumulative flu hospitalization rate hits 13-year high
The CDC estimates there have already been nearly 7,000 flu hospitalizations in the U.S. this season, according to estimates in its latest FluView report. Not since the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic have cumulative hospitalizations been so high this earl…
Healthcare lobbying spending rose 70% from 2000 to 2020
Healthcare lobbying spending ballooned 70 percent from 2000 to 2020, a new study published in JAMA Health Forum found.
Atlanta hospital to close at midnight; neighboring Grady overcrowds, plans ‘help line’
Two months after Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center announced it would lock its doors for good, the hospital will shutter at midnight on Nov. 1 — its future, and the future of the neighboring hospitals it leaves behind, remain uncertain.
Westchester Medical Center to raise nurses’ pay by 27% over 5 years
Members of the New York State Nurses Association have approved a new contract with Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center that boosts nurse wages.
1st human-pig heart transplant unexpectedly changed heart’s electrical system, research suggests
American Heart Association researchers found heart rhythms in the first pig-to-human heart transplant changed from what is expected from a pig heart.
HCA-owned system yet to make charity care application public despite push from advocates
An HCA-owned health system in North Carolina is not yet making its charity care application public, despite the urging from patient advocates, the Asheville Citizen Times reported Oct. 31.
10 providers seeking RCM talent
Here are 10 hospitals or health systems that recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise.
California physicians reach agreement to avert strike
The Valley Physicians Group, which represents Santa Clara (Calif.) County’s employed physicians, podiatrists and dentists, has reached a tentative agreement with the county to avert a four-day strike.
Jha: Bivalent boosters still effective as ‘escape variants’ gain traction
The White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator is optimistic bivalent boosters will offer protection against omicron “escape variants” BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, which now account for nearly 30 percent of U.S. infections.
