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Vaccination Key to Preventing COVID-19 Hospitalizations Among Children

Drug Topics

A study found that children aged 6 months or younger who are not eligible for vaccination were at the highest risk for hospitalization due to SARS-CoV-2.

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Pfizer considers divestiture of hospital drugs business

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pfizer is currently assessing the potential divestiture of its hospital drugs unit, a division mainly focused on antibiotics and sterile injectables used in hospitals and clinics, Reuters reported.

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Hospital groups blast senators' site-neutral Medicare payment reform plan

Fierce Healthcare

R-Louisiana, and Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, published a policy paper advocating to impose site-neutral Medicare payments on hospitals. | However, hospital groups were quick to slam the proposal. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D.,

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STAT+: Key senators propose using ‘site-neutral’ pay to boost rural hospitals

STAT

WASHINGTON — The hospital industry has pushed back against Medicare payment reforms for years, arguing that the policies would financially hurt rural hospitalsHospitals that keep providing services like trauma centers, labor and delivery units, and burn units would get financial bonuses, too.  

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Buyer Beware: Red Yeast Rice Supplements Linked to Deaths, Hospitalizations

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Japan’s health ministry has issued a warning to consumers regarding red yeast rice dietary supplements containing a red species of mold after 5 people died and more were hospitalized after consumption.

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STAT+: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles tests generative AI to translate discharge notes into Spanish

STAT

  At most hospitals, it takes between hours and days to translate discharge notes for outpatients who have limited English proficiency.   Now Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is taking the next step, beginning to pilot a program that will use generative AI to translate discharge notes for Spanish-speaking patients in seconds. 

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Nationwide hospital mortality risk fell as acuity, volumes rose, report finds

Fierce Healthcare

Hospital patients’ risk of death has fallen substantially since the COVID-19 pandemic and the months preceding it, even as hospitals are treating more and sicker patients, according to a new report | An analysis of 715 hospitals' patient safety metrics showed that patients hospitalized in Q1 2024 were about 22% more likely to survive as compared (..)

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