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Health system execs: national approach needed to stem vaccine disarray

"We don't know until we open the package how many doses we're getting that week," EVP of Ascension Joe Cacchione said Thursday during a webinar organized by the American Hospital Association. 

By Samantha Liss • Feb. 11, 2021

Joint Commission alerts on health equity as vaccine disparity fears grow

Training staff on implicit bias, providing interpreters for patients of different cultures, using communication platforms beyond the telephone and tapping trusted community voices are among the accrediting group's recommendations.

By Shannon Muchmore • Feb. 11, 2021

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Labor

While labor strife among healthcare workers is hardly new, the COVID-19 pandemic brought new issues to the table, including re-use of personal protective equipment and other safety measures.

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COVID-19 leads to explosion in cyberattacks, data breaches

A survey from CI Security found successful hacks involving healthcare organizations or their business associates soared in the second half of last year, leading to a jump in the number of breached patient records.

By Ron Shinkman • Feb. 10, 2021

Tenet swings to profit, but execs guarded on a post-pandemic recovery

The hospital operator is delaying its plan to spin off its revenue cycle management subsidiary, Conifer Health Solutions, into an independent publicly traded company for another year because of disruption from COVID-19.

By Hailey Mensik , Samantha Liss • UPDATED: Feb. 10, 2021 at 3:58 p.m.

Hospital interest in patient monitoring tools rising, survey finds

Purchasing managers surveyed now expect to have bigger capital equipment budgets this year than they did six months into the pandemic, investment bank UBS said.

By Susan Kelly • Feb. 09, 2021

COVID-19 puts squeeze on Kaiser Permanente's 2020 financials

The giant integrated health system out of California was able to remain in the black — reporting net income of $6.4 billion — during a turbulent year marked by the pandemic, which spurred historic job losses.

By Samantha Liss • Feb. 08, 2021

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The evolution of hospital-based care: learnings from the pandemic

As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, hospitals' roles in healthcare are shifting with only the sickest patients being granted acute, face-to-face care while the others will be treated via telehealth providers.

By Gregg Miller, MD • Feb. 08, 2021

Healthcare lost 30K jobs in January in first setback since pandemic hit

The industry has posted consistent monthly gains since the first months of the crisis, a run that ended last month, new data out Friday shows.

By Hailey Mensik • Feb. 05, 2021

Joint Commission: Burned out healthcare workers need a lifeline

Workers on the front lines are physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted, and systems need to better support them, according to a report from the oversight organization.

By Hailey Mensik • Feb. 03, 2021

HCA beats Wall Street expectations in Q4 with revenue up 6% despite low volume

Despite worries of COVID-19 decimating hospital finances and ongoing lobbying from trade groups like the American Hospital Association for more relief funds, HCA still reported full-year growth in 2020.

By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 02, 2021

Thousands of nurses at HCA, Sutter, Dignity to bargain for first contracts since COVID-19

Having multiple contracts with large hospital employers up for negotiation around the same time could work to the union's advantage, one labor expert said.

By Hailey Mensik • Feb. 02, 2021

Novavax vaccine prevents COVID-19 in studies, but less effective against new variants

The drugmaker is already discussing an authorization with health authorities in the U.K., and plans to begin talks with the FDA and other regulators, too.

By Jonathan Gardner • Jan. 29, 2021

J&J says single dose of coronavirus vaccine 66% effective in large trial

The vaccine's efficacy was higher in the U.S., but lower in Latin America and South Africa, where new, more infectious virus variants are circulating.

By Ned Pagliarulo • Jan. 29, 2021

Hospitals lost $20B by pausing electives last year

The findings from the Annals of Surgery come as ICUs in many areas remain strained and hospitals face staff shortages and burnout.

By Shannon Muchmore • Jan. 28, 2021

Moderna to study vaccine booster aimed at coronavirus variant

Laboratory tests indicated the biotech's shot would still protect against virus variants detected in the U.K. and South Africa, although the latter appeared to result in a weaker immune response.

By Ned Pagliarulo • Jan. 26, 2021

Hospitals face reckoning over health disparities

Black people across the country have died at an alarmingly high rate from COVID-19. Health system executives acknowledged the need to tackle such discrepancies.

By Samantha Liss • Jan. 25, 2021

4 key trends for payers and providers in 2021

The COVID-19 crisis has led some providers to inquire about partnering or acquiring insurance assets as the pandemic exposed the risk of relying on fee-for-service models.

By Samantha Liss • Jan. 22, 2021

Biden faces many healthcare challenges as he takes the helm at an unprecedented time

The former senator and vice president has been sworn in as the 46th president of the United States while the country grapples with one of the biggest health crises in its history.

Study links hospital ICU capacity to COVID-19 mortality rates

COVID-19 patients were nearly twice as likely to die if they were in an ICU brimming with other patients than one that had fewer such cases, according to the findings in JAMA Network Open.

By Ron Shinkman • Jan. 19, 2021

Mayo, Epic and Cerner teaming to create digital COVID-19 vaccine passport

The hope of the Vaccination Credential Initiative is to form a standard for credentials to be made in an interoperable and accessible format.

By Ron Shinkman • Jan. 15, 2021

US pushes for wider use of 'underutilized' COVID-19 antibody drugs as pandemic worsens

A $2.6 billion deal with Regeneron this week is part of a renewed effort by government officials to bolster uptake of the treatments, which haven't gained traction.

By Ben Fidler • Jan. 15, 2021

Hospital buy-ups of physician practices under fresh FTC scrutiny

The agency sent orders to UnitedHealthcare, Anthem, Aetna and Cigna, among others, seeking patient claims data in what several economists cheered as a major move to probe healthcare mergers.

By Samantha Liss • Jan. 15, 2021

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3 ways to tame the vaccine administration chaos

In this fast-paced, changing-by-the-minute environment, it’s important for those in charge of administering the vaccine to take a moment and think about ways to improve and add efficiency to the process.

Pandemic propels health systems to mull insurer acquisitions, partnerships: JPM21

Advocate Aurora CEO Jim Skogsbergh said "partnering for health plan capability is going to be critical to our success, and we are taking steps to do that."

By Samantha Liss • Jan. 13, 2021

Ascension divests handful of Wisconsin hospitals, clinics to nonprofit Aspirus Health

Completion of the transaction will almost double Wausau, Wisconsin-based Aspirus' footprint. Currently, the regional player has four hospitals in Michigan and six in Wisconsin, along with more than 50 clinics.

By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 13, 2021