Hospital-Pharmacy Relationship Drives Generic Drug Use
Drug Topics
MAY 27, 2025
Researchers explored how relationships between physicians, pharmacists, and patients are associated with the use of generic drugs in Japanese pharmacies.
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Vaccination Key to Preventing COVID-19 Hospitalizations Among Children
Drug Topics
OCTOBER 23, 2024
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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Hospitals Reinstate Mask Guidelines Against Triple Threat of Respiratory Illnesses
Drug Topics
JANUARY 4, 2024
In response to a surge in cases of COVID-19, flu, and RSV, hospitals are reinstating mask guidelines to avoid adverse capacity outcomes and staffing shortages seen in prior years.
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Earlier Intervention Can Decrease Hospitalizations for COVID-19
Drug Topics
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Implementing mask mandates even days earlier can cause a decrease in the number of cumulative hospitalizations due to COVID-19.
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Flu Vaccination Could Help Reduce Hospitalization for RSV
Drug Topics
JULY 14, 2023
A Western Australian study found the influenza vaccine has a possible protective effect against hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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RSV Hospitalization Risk Higher than Flu, Omicron Among Children
Drug Topics
JANUARY 22, 2024
Of the 2596 patients included in the study, the hospitalization rates were 31.5% for Omicron, 27.7% for influenza, and 81.7% for RSV.
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STAT+: For many hospitals, a surge in patients leads to windfalls
STAT
MAY 27, 2025
Mickey Mouse wishes he had the profit margins of some hospitals. The tax-exempt, religious system, which runs 53 hospitals across nine states, generated a 17% operating margin and 23% net margin, inclusive of investments, in the first three months of 2025.
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STAT+: Congress created a unique plan to save rural hospitals — but few are using it
STAT
MARCH 18, 2025
When Ted Matthews came out of retirement in early 2023 to retake the helm of the rural Texas hospital where he’d started his health care career, it was something of a rescue mission. And yet, just 38 hospitals have taken up the new designation since 2023, fewer than researchers had predicted.
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Ascension Hospitals Face Disruptions from Suspected Cyberattack
Drug Topics
MAY 10, 2024
The company, which operates 140 care sites across the country, was forced to shut down health systems earlier this week because of the disruption.
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Bird Flu Hospitalizes 2 More Patients as Outbreaks Increase
Drug Topics
APRIL 3, 2025
Bird flu cases total 70 US patients as more animals are infected.
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How the 340B hospital markup program could hurt Michigan patients
PhRMA
JUNE 12, 2025
As lawmakers in Lansing debate health care legislation, new evidence reveals a staggering—and deeply troubling—reality: big, tax-exempt hospitals in the state are marking up the price of prescription medicines by nearly $10 billion a year.
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340B program continues to drive shift in care to more expensive hospital settings
PhRMA
DECEMBER 15, 2022
In this case, the Berkeley Research Group (BRG) found that nearly 36% of all Medicare Part B therapy sales occurred at 340B hospitals in 2021 , up nearly 17 percentage points since 2012, meaning care is moving from physician offices and non-340B hospitals to 340B hospitals.
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Prescribing Newborns Opioids, Methadone Varies Significantly Across Children’s Hospitals
Drug Topics
JULY 29, 2024
Researchers analyzed the prominence of opioid and methadone prescriptions for hospitalized newborns with substantial morbidities.
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Trust in US Physicians, Hospitals Decreased During COVID-19 Pandemic
Drug Topics
JULY 31, 2024
Researchers aimed to address the change in trust individuals exhibited regarding US physicians and hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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STAT+: Latest updates to hospital price transparency rules aim to make the data more useful
STAT
JANUARY 2, 2025
The new year ushered in a final slate of updates to the federal rules for how hospitals have to disclose their prices, and experts are optimistic the changes will make the data more helpful in identifying less expensive providers. 1 was the deadline for hospitals to make the changes to their files.
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STAT+: Sanofi plans to change payment terms for 340B hospitals
STAT
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
The battle over prescription drug discounts offered to hospitals under a federal program escalated as Sanofi became the third pharmaceutical company to disclose plans to change the way it will make payments. Right now, drug companies generally provide the discounts at the time of purchase. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…
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Increased Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir Prescriptions Did Not Reduce COVID-19 Hospitalization, Mortality
Drug Topics
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Researchers compared hospitalization and mortality outcomes of older adults with and without restricted access to nirmatrelvir-ritonavir.
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STAT+: Hospitals and patient groups ramp up opposition to Medicaid cuts as House mulls options
STAT
MAY 5, 2025
WASHINGTON — Hospitals, health centers, and patient advocates this week plan to escalate their pressure on federal lawmakers to oppose cuts to the Medicaid program.
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Nonprofit hospitals fall short on community benefit, studies show
PhRMA
APRIL 24, 2023
Nonprofit hospitals are supposed to help provide access to crucial treatment and services in our most vulnerable communities. But recent research adds to the mountain of evidence showing nonprofit hospitals continue to fall short in their community benefit.
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Acute Cardiac Events Common During Hospitalization for COVID-19
Drug Topics
JUNE 5, 2023
Patients were more likely to require ICU admission.
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Methadone Dispensing at Discharge Can Help Shorten Hospital Stays for Patients with OUD
Drug Topics
JUNE 18, 2024
A posted presented at ASHP 2024 examined if improved access to methadone could decrease hospital length of stay and readmission rates.
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Initiation of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Reduced Hospitalizations for Diabetes, CKD
Drug Topics
MARCH 20, 2023
According to 2 conference abstracts, CGM’s are effective in treating T2D and chronic kidney disease, but more data may be required to complete the picture.
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COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Could be More Accurately Predicted With Wastewater Data
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
A new study found that models that included wastewater data were 15% more accurate when compared to models that only included clinical case data.
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Continued Glucose Monitoring for Diabetes in Noncritical Care Hospital Settings
Drug Topics
OCTOBER 11, 2023
For noncritically ill hospitalized patients with diabetes, CGM is a reliable tool to improve glycemic control. However, more randomized studies are needed to assess these results in diverse populations.
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New Report Finds More Abuse of 340B Program by Hospitals and Drug Middlemen
PhRMA
MARCH 24, 2025
A new report by the Wall Street Journal reveals abuse of the 340B hospital markup program is getting worse as hospitals and middlemen find new ways to profit off the program.
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What they are saying: Nonprofit hospitals are gaming the system at the expense of patients
PhRMA
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
There have been some alarming stories uncovered by the media on ways nonprofit hospitals — many of which participate in the 340B drug pricing program — are taking advantage of the system and their tax-exempt status to boost their bottom lines, at the expense of patients. Here are some recent articles exposing this issue:
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Pharmacists Work to Sustain Care in Health Care Deserts
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
When rural areas lose hospitals and primary care clinics, residents must turn to pharmacies to receive the care they need.
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What Is The Link Between Antidepressants and Hospital-Acquired Clostridium Difficile Infection?
Drug Topics
MAY 24, 2023
Researchers found an increased occurrence of CDI in individuals who were prescribed antidepressants.
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STAT+: Hospitals earn big profits, insurers face ramped up Medicare Advantage audits
STAT
MAY 27, 2025
We’ll be talking about all things Medicare Advantage. Details here on how to watch or attend!
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STAT+: Incoming Senate Majority Leader Thune hails from a state that relies on rural hospitals, telehealth
STAT
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
the newly elected Senate majority leader, is big on telehealth, rural hospitals, and increasing transparency for drug middlemen. He represents a state that does not have much in the way of special interests in the health care industry beyond hospitals, doctors, and pharmacists. John Thune (R-S.D.),
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West Middlesex Hospital goes live with tech to reduce prescribing errors
Pharmafile
APRIL 10, 2025
Dosium Touchdose has gone live at West Middlesex University Hospital, UK, a clinical decision support technology proven to significantly reduce prescribing errors. WLCH […] The post West Middlesex Hospital goes live with tech to reduce prescribing errors appeared first on Pharmafile.
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Antibiotics Overprescribed to Hospitalized Children with COVID-19
Drug Topics
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Although few cultures showed bacterial coinfections, many children were given antibiotics.
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Kaufman Hall: Performance stable, but high labor costs challenge hospitals
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Though hospital performance has remained relatively stable, high labor costs continue to challenge hospitals’ bottom line, according to September figures from Kaufman Hall. Labor expenses from providers accounted for 84% of medical groups’ total expenses.
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Nirsevimab Shown to Reduce Infant RSV Hospitalizations by 83% in Phase 3b Study
Drug Topics
MAY 15, 2023
The trial also revealed that nirsevimab reduced the incidence of hospitalizations due to severe RSV-related LRTD by 75.1%.
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A closer look at how health care consolidation drives up patient costs, creates barriers to care
PhRMA
MARCH 17, 2025
Half of every dollar spent on medicines goes to entities that don’t make medicine—like pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and insurers who are aggressively consolidating their control over health care and hospitals, clinics and for-profit pharmacies in the 340B markup program.
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SGLT2i Reduces Hospitalizations, Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure
Drug Topics
OCTOBER 3, 2024
The Heart Failure Society of America 2024 Annual Meeting featured presentations exploring the benefits of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) for patients with heart failure.
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Teladoc Health launches AI motion detection solution to improve patient safety in hospital beds
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Teladoc Health launched an AI-enabled technology that allows hospital staff to virtually detect when a patient is at risk of falling from a hospital bed. Teladoc Health launched its new motion detection solution, vSitter, which allows staff to virtually observe patients and detect if they are at risk of falling out of the hospital bed.
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Diabetic Emergencies Led to Decreased Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Heart Failure
Drug Topics
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Researchers compared the cardiovascular outcomes of patients hospitalized for heart failure that did or did not experience diabetic emergencies.
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RSV: Clinicians Discuss Strategies to Deal with Vaccine Resistance
Drug Topics
JANUARY 17, 2024
A panel of clinicians gathered to address concerns and report preliminary findings around rates of RSV incidence, hospitalization, and vaccination.
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CGM Becoming Standard of Care in Hospital Settings
Drug Topics
MAY 20, 2024
Researchers analyzed the efficacy of continuous glucose monitoring as the standard of care for diabetes management in an inpatient setting.
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Sulbactam-Durlobactam for Bacterial Pneumonia Gets FDA Approval
Drug Topics
MAY 24, 2023
The antibiotic, marketed as Xacduro, is indicated for hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia (HABP) and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VABP) caused by susceptible strains of bacteria called Acinetobacter baumannii.
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Women With Endometriosis More Likely to Experience Mental Health, Menstrual, Pain Symptoms
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Women with endometriosis face an average of 7 to 11 years between the time of symptom onset and diagnosis, during which they experience increased symptoms, hospitalizations, and health care resource utilization.
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What happens when police and hospitals confiscate drugs?
STAT
MARCH 20, 2025
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning! There’s sure to be a lot of news coming out of the Breakthrough Summit East today, which is taking place just a few blocks away from my favorite Shake Shack in Manhattan.
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Peptic Ulcer Disease Associated with Increased Hospitalizations, Mortality
Drug Topics
JANUARY 9, 2025
Researchers conducted a literature research review to further understand the current evidence regarding diagnosis and treatment for peptic ulcer disease.
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