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Larger hospitals are associated with more resources for emergency general surgery patients.

Vaccinated people should quarantine if they are exposed to household members who tested positive for COVID-19.

Barry Sample, PhD, director of science and technology at Quest Diagnostics, discusses the rise in drug positivity rates among healthcare employees, the reasons behind the rise, and what can be done to combat them.

Tides are changing a year and a half after the COVID-19 onset, as health systems accelerate hiring.

AHA wants to meet with federal departments and agencies to discuss the benefits of healthcare mergers.

Automation helps drive efficiency and is cost-effective.

Pandemic fuels burnout, stress, and thoughts of leaving the workforce.

The owner of multiple telemedicine companies is facing prison time.

Hospitals with a higher share of Medicare patients performed worse financially and were more likely to face closure or acquisition.

As hospitals’ and health systems’ key performance metrics begin to bounce back from the devastating effects of the pandemic, a surge in COVID-19 cases may threaten their progress.

Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH, infectious disease specialist at Washington University and BJC Healthcare in St. Louis, Missouri, discusses the COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccine mandates in healthcare settings.

As infections and hospitalizations rise across the country, groups led by the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association called for mandatory vaccinations of staff.

Purchasing the real estate you already occupy, or even a new space or building, could be a great opportunity to impact your future finances and significantly build your net worth.

A survey revealed that 84% of nursing homes experienced a loss of revenue brought on by fewer post-acute patients coming from the hospital.

Shah will bring unique insights into Maven’s 24/7 model that seeks to reduce unnecessary C-sections and emergency department visits and improve clinical outcomes.

The order directs the Justice Department and the FTC to examine guidelines on hospital mergers to ensure that patients are not harmed.

Peter Urbanowicz, managing director and co-head of Alvarez and Marsal’s Healthcare Industry Group, discusses the FDA’s new focus in addressing supply chain and device shortages posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and what hospitals should be doing in the meantime to adjust.

Consumer sentiments show the demand for contactless experiences that are also digital and convenient has been on the rise for years, and 2020 might be the year where the importance of this rising demand was fully realized.

Sundar Kamak, global head of manufacturing at Ivalua, discusses the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on healthcare supply chains and how technology can help alleviate those issues.

The lack of federal legalization of marijuana leads to unequal—and unlawful—treatment of job candidates, even those who are using cannabis legally for medical purposes.

FCC issues recommendations for stakeholders to combat issue of unlawful robocalls to hospitals, which threaten public health and safety.

Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD, global health lead of Accenture Health, discusses how the pandemic influenced the speed at which healthcare organizations adopted new technologies and how this adoption is impacting patient care.

From planned to unplanned healthcare costs, the uncertainty around paying for care has become a significant factor delaying many from getting the treatment they need when they need it.

A study in JAMA Network Open shows that differences in hospital admission and racial residential segregation could account for increased risks of inpatient mortality and hospice discharge seen among Black patients with COVID-19.

Unless health IT teams become more proactive, a wide range of legal, clinical and financial consequences resulting from poor legacy data management will escalate.

After months of tribulation, Methodist Health System found a solution to our COVID-19 testing challenge in high-throughput (HTP) antigen tests, which could be run on analyzers already installed in our hospital labs.

Following an announcement from the CDC that fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear masks in all outdoor and most indoor spaces, health systems and hospitals responded by continuing to encourage caution.

COVID-19 has shifted the bargaining power for healthcare providers in the real estate market.