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The New Approach to Mitigating Clostridiodes difficile (C. diff) Transmission While Saving Direct Cost to the Hospital
Every year, thousands of patients across the United States are impacted by the effects of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections (HO-CDIs). In this webinar, we examine the limitations of current interventions to prevent transmission of C. diff. We also present the manner in which an effective environmental hygiene program to reduce HO-CDI is implemented and the critical role EVS personnel played. (Webinar presented May 18, 2023)
Crafting Educational Content that Resonates with Hospital Decision-Makers
Create educational content that engages health care leaders with solutions and ideas to navigate challenges. Learn how with our tips & best practices
4 Home Care Technologies to Prioritize
America, and for that matter the world, is facing a growing challenge in caring for two expanding groups of patients — those 60 and older and patients with such chronic diseases as cancer, diabetes and obesity. We explore some technologies CB Insights analysts say providers should scrutinize over the next one to three years and what’s been happening in these sectors.
Amazon, CVS Health Follow Their Learn-Fast, Fail-Fast Models
Amazon closed its Halo division, which sold fitness tracker devices that worked with a subscription service and smart phone application. CVS Health, meanwhile, recently announced that it will close its clinical trials division at the end of 2024.
Rebuilding a New Minneapolis: From Tragedy to Transformation
Insights on the national effort to dismantle structural racism and provides resources to advance health equity in hospitals and health systems.
Report: Hospitals struggle to collect payments from commercial insurers
One in three inpatient claims submitted by providers to commercial insurers in first- quarter 2023 weren’t paid for over three months and 15% of inpatient and outpatient claims were initially denied, according to data from over 1,800 hospitals and 200,000 physicians analyzed by Crowe Revenue Cycle Analytics.
HHS pilot program to distribute newborn supply kits to participating hospitals
The Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with Baby2Baby to distribute 3,000 newborn supply kits to new mothers through participating hospitals and community-based organizations in Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico, and eventually plans to expand the pilot program to other states.
AHA urges OCR to finalize HIPAA privacy proposal, suspend online tracking guidance
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights should finalize its proposed “commonsense” amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to support reproductive health care privacy, but immediately suspend or amend its December 2022 online tracking guidance, which “aggravates the risk of health misinformation by treating a mere IP address as a unique identifier under HIPAA,” AHA told the agency in comments submitted May 22.