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Banner Health rolls out Regard's AI tool to streamline diagnoses, clinical documentation

Fierce Healthcare

Following a single-hospital pilot, the nonprofit health system will roll out Regard’s tool in a phased approach to all 33 acute-care hospitals in its system across six states in 2024. The technology is an opportunity to increase facetime between providers and patients, the partners say.

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STAT+: Class action against UnitedHealth asks about DOJ probe transparency

STAT

The nonprofits rake in a strong first quarter My colleague Tara Bannow and I are absolute suckers for reading hospital financial statements. Tara sifted through  the data of 20 nonprofit systems , and all but four reported higher operating and net margins in the first three months of 2024, compared with the first three months of 2023.

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Highlights from ESCMID Global 2024: AI, climate change and AMR

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

With hundreds of invited speakers, the ESCMID Global 2024 gathering in Barcelona, Spain (27-30 April), welcomed approximately 16,000 delegates for five days of knowledge exchange, collaboration and innovation. In microbiologically documented HAIs, 32% of microorganisms were resistant to antimicrobials. Dr Raksha K.

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STAT+: UnitedHealth discontinues a controversial brand amid scrutiny of algorithmic care denials

STAT

The move also encapsulates how UnitedHealth is pushing to control every piece of patient care outside of the hospital and distancing itself from the aspects that have generated controversy. However, Optum advised employees that “Home & Community Care should not be directly next to the Optum logo” in marketing materials.

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RPS seeks pharmacist feedback on ‘green guide‘ ahead of hospital pharmacy toolkit launch

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) is seeking feedback from hospital pharmacists on its green guide to making professional pharmacy practice more environmentally sustainable. To support the documents, in spring 2024 the RPS will launch a Greener Pharmacy Toolkit, allowing pharmacies to self-accredit their sustainability status.

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5 Things To Know About Antimicrobial Stewardship Regulatory Standards

IDStewardship

BCPS, BCIDP Article Posted 14 April 2023 In 2014 CDC released the Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (Core Elements) to help hospitals increase infection cure rates while reducing treatment failures, C. difficile infection, adverse effects, antibiotic resistance, hospital costs, and hospital length of stay.

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Consultation opens as 7.5% fee increase proposed by GPhC

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

from April 2024, and has invited feedback via an online consultation survey. The increases would affect fees for the 2024 registration assessment – for which bookings open in February 2024 – as well as registration renewal fees from April 2024. fee increase proposed by GPhC appeared first on Hospital Pharmacy Europe.