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This Startup Built A Hospital In India To Test Its AI Software

Forbes Healthcare

There was the painfully slow process of signing up patients and after that a grueling slog through vast swamps of data to prepare voluminous regulatory filings–something that few hospitals and clinics can handle. So they did something audacious and unprecedented: they built their own cancer hospital in India.

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Zombie Healthcare Masking Policies Return to Maryland

Sensible Medicine

In 2023, the Maryland Department of Health (DOH) adopted a standard for return to universal masking in healthcare facilities when hospitalizations with respiratory viruses (covid, influenza, or RSV) reach a level of 10 cases per 100,000 population. A limited mask mandate is returning to my state this week.

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Will New Medicaid Policies Put Hospital Margins at Risk?

EvidenceCare

Written by Carol Howard, VP of Clinical Strategy After a tough few years marked by the pandemic, staffing shortages, and rising costs, hospitals are finally starting to catch their breath. New data reveals a rebound in hospital margins, offering hope for health systems. and operating margins to 5.2%.

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Navigating Medicare Advantage: Strategies for Hospitals to Tackle Growing Challenges

EvidenceCare

Written by Carol Howard, VP of Clinical Strategy As Medicare Advantage (MA) continues to grow, hospitals have faced growing challenges in navigating complex policies, payer friction, and financial pressures. billion on bonus payments in 2023 for four- or five-star health plans – a 30% increase from the prior year.

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Nurses at Rady Children’s Hospital Vote to Strike Amid Contract Dispute

Scrubs

San Diego, CA — Nurses at Rady Children’s Hospital have voted to authorize a strike from July 22 to July 24, following months of unsuccessful contract negotiations. The decision comes after the United Nurses of Children’s Hospital (UNOCH), the Teamsters union representing over 1,500 nurses, announced the vote on July 11.

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Hospitals spend billions to answer growing threat of violence: report

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Attempting to prevent, prepare for and recover from violent acts in 2023 cost hospitals $18.3 billion, according to a new report from the American Hospital Association.

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The Best and Worst States to Be a Nurse in 2023

Scrubs

Points Ratio of Nurses to Hospital Beds: 2.73 Points Quality of Public Hospital System Based on CMS Data: 2.73 Points The post The Best and Worst States to Be a Nurse in 2023 appeared first on Scrubs | The Leading Lifestyle Magazine for the Healthcare Community. Points Ratio of Nurses to Hospital Beds: 2.73

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