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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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Computerized clinical decision support systems improve care in emergency department

Computerized clinical decision support systems (CCDSSs) are meant to improve efficiency, but evidence of such a positive impact is scarce. In a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, researchers evaluated the impact of CCDSSs in emergency department (EDs).

Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution receives FDA clearance

Royal Philips, leaders in healthcare technology, have received De Novo clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market their IntelliSite Pathology Solution. The digital pathology system aids pathologists in improving workflow and is currently the only digital pathology system to receive clearance for primary diagnostic use.

Could Apple and Google be the next Big Pharma?

Technology companies like Apple and Google are moving away from their original roots to grow into the realm of healthcare. Their innovative devices have opened to door for improved care on both sides of the healthcare industry and have some believing they might be the next Big Pharma.

What cancer care can learn from the NFL

Superbowl Sunday, basically a holiday in the U.S., could teach us more than how to tackle the quarterback. In an article by Forbes, Kathy Giusti and Richard G. Hamermesh, Founder of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, and Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School, explain how precision medicine can learn from the NFL.

Vertical integration of healthcare cuts readmission rates

Improving the communication and coordination of primary care and hospitals, commonly known as “vertical integration”, was found to be effective in reducing hospital readmission. In a study, published in in Medical Care, researchers analyzing the vertical integration of healthcare in Portugal led to reduced hospital readmissions for a variety of conditions.

Could 3D printing be the future of transplants?

With a limited supply of readily available transplantable organs, researchers are looking for innovative alternatives for organ transplants—and 3D printing could be an answer.

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Pre-surgery coaching can reduce cost, length of stay

Running a marathon takes weeks of preparation of the mind and body—and researchers are investigating a similar approach, if less intense, to patients before surgery. A study, published by Surgery, found that basic wellness and fitness coaching can cut costs and the patient's length of stay.

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Nurse response times vary with pediatric monitor alarms

Reaching a patient quickly in response to a bedside alarm could be the difference between life and death. A study in JAMA Pediatrics examines the varied response times of nurses to patient bedside alarms based on differing factors.

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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.