STAT

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Large hospital systems’ investments rebounded heavily in the final quarter of 2022, according to a new STAT analysis of financial filings. STAT analyzed the financial documents of 37 tax-exempt, not-for-profit health systems covering the last three months of 2022.

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STAT

DECEMBER 16, 2022

My grandmother died in the hospital, alone, the day after she was “found down” at home by emergency medical services. I lived near my Nani, as I called her but, even though I am a physician, was not allowed to see her after she had been admitted to her local hospital because of the strict, Covid-related no-visitor policy.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 12, 2022

In trials, the Glucommander algorithm has been shown to reduce severe low blood sugar episodes, shorten hospital stays and prevent hospital re-admissions. The post Roche debuts smart glucose monitor for hospital use appeared first on.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

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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STAT

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Lately, we’ve seen two distinct lines at our hospitals. Mothers, children, and the disabled clutch passels of documents along the sidewalk. We would all be healthier if we brought the two lines together. The first line forms every morning before the building opens. They wait to reauthorize their Medicaid insurance.

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STAT

APRIL 25, 2024

A series of recent research papers by academic hospitals has revealed significant limitations of large language models (LLMs) in medical settings, undercutting common industry talking points that they will save time and money, and soon liberate clinicians from the drudgery of documentation.

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STAT

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Corporate documents obtained by STAT show that Epic is now recommending that its model be trained on a hospital’s own data before clinical use, a major shift aimed at ensuring its predictions are relevant to the actual patient population a hospital treats.

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STAT

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

AUGUST 17, 2023

Guidance on the provision of CAR T and cellular therapy services in hospital pharmacy has been published by the GoCART Coalition to harmonise implementation across Europe. 10 Once the CAR T-cells are manufactured, they are delivered to hospital pharmacies, making pharmacists central in ensuring appropriate governance and management.

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STAT

MARCH 28, 2023

The idea is gaining ground in hospitals around the country, too, where burned-out doctors are desperate for technologies that can cut down on the hours they spend painstakingly documenting patient visits. Hundreds of health systems around the country are using these tools in hopes the AI can lift them out of the drudgery.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The woes of the uninsured are well-documented.  Mary Lou Retton, the gold-medal winning Olympic gymnast recently released from the hospital after fighting for her life in the ICU,  doesn’t have health insurance.

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IDStewardship

APRIL 13, 2023

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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STAT

AUGUST 16, 2023

The recent case of a woman who became sick with a life-threatening disease shortly after giving birth shows how many factors had to align to offer clinicians new insights into a rare complication that had never before been documented. A 32-year-old woman was admitted 12 days after giving birth to twins.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

AUGUST 7, 2023

In 2008, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists published a document outlining the activities that pharmacy services in EDs should provide, which was subsequently updated in 2021. Therefore, they should be included in the hospital’s emergency preparedness plans.

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The deprescribing.org Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Recently the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (CJHP) published an article where the question “Should hospital admission be used as an opportunity for deprescribing in older adults?” Pam and Lisa: The authors presented a very thought-provoking case for the ‘pros’ and ‘cons’ of deprescribing during a hospital admission.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Originally published in 2013 , the standards aim to ensure consistent, high-quality care for patients receiving medicines and associated services in their own homes that would previously have been supplied in hospitals. The post Professional Standards for Homecare Services updated by RPS appeared first on Hospital Pharmacy Europe.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

MAY 16, 2023

In a quality improvement project evaluating the role of clinical pharmacists in cardiac day wards , researchers sought to explore the extent to which pharmacists could optimise medicine management and facilitate implementation and communication of any medication changes at hospital discharge to primary care physicians. MRPs per patient.

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IDStewardship

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

which has to do with antimicrobial stewardship programs in hospitals. One great thing The Joint Commission includes in their update is element of performance 10 (which is new) and requires hospitals to allocate financial resources for staffing and information technology to support the antibiotic stewardship program.

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STAT

MARCH 13, 2024

A flurry of AI-guided ambient documentation startups can rapidly transcribe and summarize patient visits and populate patients’ medical charts, but they require doctors and nurses to OK the generated entries first.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Documentation for a faster drug authorisation process. The information in the download document is intended for executives, manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, technicians, research scientists, product development scientists, and other individuals involved in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The recommendations are part of the ‘ FIP Brisbane Calls to Action ’ consensus document, which urges the 156 FIP national member organisations, individual members and global pharmacy agencies to accelerate pharmaceutical workforce transformation.

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Pharmacy Is Right For Me

APRIL 4, 2023

In this position, she works with patients in the comfort of their homes after being discharged from a hospital setting. The MIH-CP is a patient-centered program that provides a broad range of health services to high-risk patients in the comfort of their homes after they’ve been discharged from the hospital.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This person may go by other names in the document, depending on the state you live in. Without this specifically stated, hospitals and first responders may not handle health emergencies in the way you wish, such as resuscitating when you prefer not to have CPR performed.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

JUNE 1, 2023

These individuals were propensity matched to non-users and the incidence of ischaemic strokes documented over the next five years. The post Stroke risk reduced in people with both diabetes and atrial fibrillation via SGLT-2 inhibitor use appeared first on Hospital Pharmacy Europe.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

However, in its consultation document, while accepting that the drug is likely to reduce pain at 2 hours post-dose more than placebo, NICE added that the evidence submitted by the manufacturer, for patients who have not responded to two triptans, is uncertain and hence requires more evidence.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

When applying for Medicaid in Pennsylvania, applicants must submit documentation to prove their U.S. Other non-citizens may qualify for limited Medicaid benefits if they have an emergency medical condition. citizenship, refugee, or lawful non-citizen status and must be an official resident of Pennsylvania.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 11, 2022

Hospital facilities will be able to improve the quality of care for patients with malnutrition and reduce hospital stays and costs by leveraging a new measure developed by our policy specialist consultants at Avalere Health and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. What is the Global Malnutrition Composite Score?

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The final appraisal document from health technology assessment (HTA) agency NICE says that Brukinsa can be used to treat WM in adults who have had at least one prior treatment, and only if bendamustine plus rituximab therapy is also suitable.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

No need to bring a laptop to every patient visit, or spend hours afterward on documentation. The artificial intelligence system is a dream for many doctors: It records their conversations with patients and automatically transcribes the notes into their computer systems.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

JANUARY 25, 2024

Professor Nicola Stoner, chair of the RPS Consultant Pharmacist Group, said: ‘This document sets out an ambitious and exciting vision for the role of the consultant pharmacist following our very successful consultant pharmacist summit last year.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

He added: ‘Where weaknesses or legislative gaps are discovered, the sections contained in this document could be adopted or adapted and become part of legislative framework to combat SF medical products coming into the supply chain.’ The issue was being investigated by EU medicines regulatory authorities and the police.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Wholesalers can be either full-line wholesalers, who purchase the complete product line of a company, or specialised companies, which purchase speciality drugs to sell to clinics and hospitals. Temperature control facilities and supply solutions. Worldwide sourcing and drop-ship of orphan medicines, and. Warehousing and logistics services.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

APRIL 25, 2024

Since then, legal defences to prosecution for dispensing errors were introduced in 2018, and updated in 2022 to include hospitals, care homes and prisons. The post RPS updates patient safety professional standards to reflect pharmacy evolution appeared first on Hospital Pharmacy Europe.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JANUARY 19, 2023

The final appraisal document (FAD) recommended the triple regimen as an option for adult patients who have received two or three lines of therapy. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended Ninlaro ® (ixazomib) with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for treating relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM).

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Interestingly, the 340B law was actually included in a veterans healthcare bill (the Veterans Health Care Act) that also established a separate drug pricing program for veterans hospitals. It also raised the DSH payment cap for some rural and small urban hospitals to 12%. 340B providers expressed significant concern.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

” was caught clearly, but the patient’s reply was documented, nonsensically, as “is it,” making the machine’s version of the encounter all but unintelligible. “Your vision is good?” Read the rest…

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OctariusRx

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Having a compliant policy and good documentation is only the beginning of regulatory compliance, mitigating risks for patients and liability for facilities. Receiving : Falsifying documents or replacing products with other products. Not too many years ago, the University of Michigan Hospital was fined $4.3

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