[ad_1] At Elks Children’s Eye Clinic, planners centered their thinking around visual impairments and identifying flaws in current designs. The NBBJ team walked through OHSU’s Casey Eye Institute […]
Conflict-of-interest threats grow as hospitals diversify revenue
[ad_1] When it comes to internal board service, high-profile health system executives often serve on at least five, according to Modern Healthcare’s analysis. They range from individual hospital […]
Employer health plans pay hospitals 224% of Medicare
[ad_1] Employers continue to pay hospitals more than double the amount Medicare would pay for the same services, a new study shows. Private employer-sponsored health plans paid hospitals […]
Rates of unnecessary procedures persisted through pandemic, study shows
[ad_1] Despite the risks posed by COVID-19, hospitals continued to perform eight common, low-value procedures during the first year of the pandemic at a rate similar to 2019, […]
Should you worry about data from your period-tracking app being used against you?
[ad_1] Could this data be used in a criminal prosecution? The short answer is yes. “It’s almost surreal that in some states using a period app could get […]
Death certificates reveal that U.S. hit grim COVID milestone
[ad_1] When the U.S. hit 1 million COVID-19 deaths on Monday, the news was driven by a government tally derived from death certificates. Death certificates But that’s not […]
Google hires former FDA digital chief Bakul Patel
[ad_1] Google has hired a long-time Food and Drug Administration official to lead its digital health strategy and regulatory efforts. Bakul Patel will be senior director of global […]
U.S. deaths from COVID hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years in
[ad_1] The largest bell at Washington National Cathedral in the nation’s capital tolled 1,000 times a week ago, once for every 1,000 deaths. President Joe Biden on Thursday […]
COVID-19 relief stabilized hospital finances in 2020, study finds
[ad_1] Federal relief buoyed hospital finances during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic even though hospital operations took a hit, according to a study published in JAMA […]
Ochsner’s chief digital officer on getting 5-10 pitches every day
[ad_1] When a state is ranked dead last in numerous health metrics, there is nowhere to go but up. Leaders at Ochsner Health are banking on a 10-year, […]