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After State Lawsuit, Health System Erases or Refunds $158M in Medical Bills

Announcement by Providence health system comes weeks before trial

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Cedars-Sinai Anesthesiologists Unionize

Concerns about staffing, quality of care, and pay cuts push physicians to organize

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Alleged Lewd Doc Acquitted; AI Detects Guns at Hospital; Obesity Bill of Rights

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Pulse Oximeters Once Again in the Spotlight at FDA

Advisory panel to discuss how to improve device accuracy for patients with darker skin

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Health Workers Press for Federal Bill to Prevent Workplace Violence

Legislation calls for up to 20 years' federal imprisonment for certain acts of violence

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Shannen Doherty's 'Miracle Treatment'; Adult 'Diaper Spa'? Israel Raids Hospital

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Viral Infection, Neuroinflammation Flagged in SIDS Autopsies

Next-generation molecular tools turned up insights not detected by typical autopsy methods

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Princess of Wales Discharged After Abdominal Surgery

King Charles III remains hospitalized

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Trial Backs Short Course of Antibiotics for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Individualized treatment noninferior versus usual long-course treatment in the ICU

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Idaho Medical Group May Close if It's Not Sold

Saltzer Health has changed hands several times in recent years amid a shifting industry landscape

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Will All Seniors Eventually Have No Choice but Medicare Advantage?

MedPAC chair discusses need to fix MA's confusing limitations, upcoding, and rising costs

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In Billboard Campaign, Physician Residents Say They're Exploited

Residents at University at Buffalo charge they're the lowest paid in the entire state

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Infusion Drug Mark-Ups Higher at Safety Net Hospitals

Study shows big difference in reimbursement-to-acquisition cost ratio versus private practice

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China's COVID Sequence Secret; Cancer Research Retractions; Med Board Reform Looms

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Switch to Oral Antibiotics Noninferior in Low-Risk Staph Bloodstream Infections

Identifying "low risk" infections is tricky, experts say

Hospitals Pay U.S. News to Promote Their Rankings

Amid rankings pushback, the question of payment for use of the company's logo has resurfaced

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Inequitable Treatment Persists Across Pediatric 番茄社区, Review Shows

Experts recommend ways to improve child care, health equity

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Telehealth, Default Orders Show Promise in Palliative Care

Telecare improved quality of life for people with chronic illnesses

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CMS Issues Final Rule on Prior Authorizations

The rule, which doesn't apply to commercial insurers, sets time limits on responses

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Kate Middleton Hospitalized; Sen. Paul Urges Prison for Fauci; COVID Back in Class

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

Go Vegetarian to Avoid COVID? Making Dialysis Centers Work Better

Also in TTHealthWatch: diagnostic errors among hospitalized patients

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Diverting Acute HF Patients From Hospitalization: Case Builds for Short Stay Units

Rerouting low-risk patients from routine admission deemed safe in trial

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Despite Disinfection, Bugs Thrive on High-Touch Hospital Surfaces

Unusual pathogens may pose threat to immunocompromised patients, researchers say

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Add-On Clarithromycin Pans Out in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Trial

Respiratory system severity scores, organ failure assessment scores improved, trial found

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NPs Have the Best Job in Healthcare

Being a PA is a close second, according to the U.S. News annual ranking

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It Takes a Lot to Gross Out Healthcare Workers

Small study showed less "disgust" among care home workers compared with controls

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Advanced Practice Providers Push to Unionize in Oregon

OHSU group concerned that profits are taking precedence over providers and patients

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Diagnostic Errors Common in Hospital Deaths, ICU Transfers, Study Suggests

Mistakes were driven by patient assessment, testing, and often led to harm or death

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2023 Called 'Pivotal' for Healthcare Price Transparency

More than 90% of hospitals have posted machine-readable files of price information to their sites

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More Hospital Mask Mandates; Ear Wax Cleaning Cameras; Twins Born in Different Years

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Inpatient COVID-19 Costs Substantially Outpaced Medical Inflation

Hospital costs to treat COVID-19 estimated at a staggering $70 billion

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Hospitals Often Failed to Switch From IV to Oral Antibiotics in Eligible Patients

Study shows only 43% of patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections were transitioned

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Nonprofit Hospital Boards on the Firing Line

Many have not been focused enough on their mission to serve their communities

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Hospital Deaths Investigated; Price Hikes for 500 Drugs; Mushroom Poisonings Rise

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Mortality Reaches 20% for Hospitalized Patients With High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism

Worst outcomes for patients with hemodynamic collapse

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A Seat at the Table: Physicians Have Been Unionizing in Droves

Efforts have been made by seasoned physicians, as well as residents and fellows

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Prenatal Fentanyl Exposure Suspected in Novel Syndrome

Causality has yet to be determined for what resembles Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome

Medicare Cuts Beg the Question: Do Doctors Know How to Make 'Good Trouble'?

The health of American healthcare may depend on physicians taking it to the streets

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Hospital Complications Rise After Private Equity Buyout

Medicare data point to additional reason for concern

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Scripps Clinic Must Pay Almost $7M to Older Docs in Age Bias Case

California allows medical groups to force retirement at age 70, but it's against federal law

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