Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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Cigna venture fund to invest in innovative healthcare companies

Cigna is launching a venture fund that will be dedicated to investing in companies with innovative and transformative plans for healthcare.

Connecticut receives $12.2M grant to develop statewide health information exchange

The state of Connecticut was recently awarded a $12.2 million grant to help support its effort to create a statewide health information exchange.

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Electronic device used to detect, treat epileptic seizures in mice

Researchers are hoping an electronic device used to detect, stop and prevent epileptic seizures in mice can be used to treat other neurological disorders, according to a study published in Science Advances.

New 'ultralaser' treatment reduces pain for fibromyalgia patients

Fibromyalgia patients experienced significant pain reduction thanks to a new device that uses both ultrasound and laser therapy to help treat the disease, according to a pilot study.

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Reproducibility still a concern in social sciences—but experts remain focused on improvements

A study published Aug. 27 in Nature Human Behaviour showed that scientists are skilled in detected questionable and/or unreliable results.

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Patients more likely to contract central line infections in semi-private hospital rooms

Patients staying in semi-private hospital rooms have a greater chance of contracting a central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) when compared to those in private rooms, according to a study published in PLOS One.

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Assistive surgical devices earn top prizes at biomedical design competition

Several assistive surgical devices took home top prizes during this year’s Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge, arranged by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and VentureWell.

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Googling symptoms may improve patient interactions with physicians

A team of Australian researchers found those who consulted online resources had better interactions, because it led to more informed discussions while not undermining trust in diagnoses and treatment plans. Still, while the activity was generally considered positive, searches could increase patient anxiety.

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These health systems have the biggest digital health portfolios

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

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Toylike robot pleases counseling clients where humanoid counterpart struggles to connect

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

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Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.