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<乌鸦传媒>Advanced Practice Providers Push to Unionize in Oregon

OHSU group concerned that profits are taking precedence over providers and patients

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<乌鸦传媒>Diagnostic Errors Common in Hospital Deaths, ICU Transfers, Study Suggests

Mistakes were driven by patient assessment, testing, and often led to harm or death

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<乌鸦传媒>2023 Called 'Pivotal' for Healthcare Price Transparency

More than 90% of hospitals have posted machine-readable files of price information to their sites

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<乌鸦传媒>More Hospital Mask Mandates; Ear Wax Cleaning Cameras; Twins Born in Different Years

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Inpatient COVID-19 Costs Substantially Outpaced Medical Inflation

Hospital costs to treat COVID-19 estimated at a staggering $70 billion

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<乌鸦传媒>Hospitals Often Failed to Switch From IV to Oral Antibiotics in Eligible Patients

Study shows only 43% of patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections were transitioned

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<乌鸦传媒>Nonprofit Hospital Boards on the Firing Line

Many have not been focused enough on their mission to serve their communities

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<乌鸦传媒>Hospital Deaths Investigated; Price Hikes for 500 Drugs; Mushroom Poisonings Rise

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Mortality Reaches 20% for Hospitalized Patients With High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism

Worst outcomes for patients with hemodynamic collapse

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<乌鸦传媒>A Seat at the Table: Physicians Have Been Unionizing in Droves

Efforts have been made by seasoned physicians, as well as residents and fellows

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<乌鸦传媒>Prenatal Fentanyl Exposure Suspected in Novel Syndrome

Causality has yet to be determined for what resembles Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome

<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Cuts Beg the Question: Do Doctors Know How to Make 'Good Trouble'?

The health of American healthcare may depend on physicians taking it to the streets

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<乌鸦传媒>Hospital Complications Rise After Private Equity Buyout

Medicare data point to additional reason for concern

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<乌鸦传媒>Scripps Clinic Must Pay Almost $7M to Older Docs in Age Bias Case

California allows medical groups to force retirement at age 70, but it's against federal law

INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

<乌鸦传媒>Youth Death Rallies Anti-Vaxers; Insurers Hire After Malpractice; Bad Doc Ignored?

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Explanations Don't Help Clinicians Spot Biased AI

Biased AI predictions tanked diagnostic accuracy, and model explanations didn't bring it back up

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<乌鸦传媒>Four Benefits of Including Physicians in Healthcare Design

Insights from medical training and experience can improve the built environment

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<乌鸦传媒>Maternal Flu Shot Protects Infants Against Severe Disease

Vaccine effectiveness was better when mom was vaccinated during third trimester

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<乌鸦传媒>Is There No High-Touch Surface in Hospitals Free of Microbial Contamination?

Sorry, your precious break room coffeemaker is covered with it -- but regular cleaning helps

<乌鸦传媒>How to Prevent Violence Against Healthcare Workers

"We have to tell our stories, because this has to be a priority," emergency physician says

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<乌鸦传媒>Ditch Sterile Gloves When Treating Wounds?

Meta-analysis suggests nonsterile ones may work just as well in certain settings

<乌鸦传媒>How Violence Has Become the Status Quo in the Emergency Department

"My patient actually tried to strangle me with my stethoscope," nurse reveals

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<乌鸦传媒>Baby Delivered From Rare Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy

Both the mother and neonate survived, making the case extra rare

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Wins $41M Retaliation Suit; Patients Worry About AI Use; Who Should Get CPR?

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Nurses, Resident Slashed; Deadly Tick Disease Outbreak; COVID Vax After Infection

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Transplant Advocates Sound Alarm Over Proposed Medicare Test Coverage Policy

Proposed rules would decrease early detection of organ rejection, they say

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<乌鸦传媒>See Which States Have the Most High-Performing Hospitals for Maternity Care

Top state had 63 high-performing hospitals, according to annual U.S. News list

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<乌鸦传媒>Early Surgery for Kids' Mild Sleep Apnea Doesn't Boost Executive Function

Other outcomes like blood pressure levels, however, were better than with watchful waiting

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<乌鸦传媒>RaDonda Vaught Loses Appeal to Get Her Nursing License Back

Tennessee court rejects former nurse's appeal to overturn nursing board's 2021 decision

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<乌鸦传媒>Northwestern Medicine Residents Latest to Seek Union Status

"This is about having a seat at the table," says ob/gyn resident

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<乌鸦传媒>IG Live December 6: Code Gray! Responding to Violence in Healthcare

Experts discuss how to create a safer workplace

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<乌鸦传媒>Safer to Hold Off on Intubating Comatose, Intoxicated Patients, Trial Finds

French centers showed faster discharge, fewer adverse events

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC Advisors' Infection Control Guidance Leaves Us Unprotected

The guidelines will lead to unnecessary infections and deaths if approved

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<乌鸦传媒>Medical Staff Credentialing Case Heads to New Jersey Supreme Court

Neurosurgery practice claims hospital skipped due process to orchestrate its ouster

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<乌鸦传媒>Hospitals Say Some Medicare Advantage Plans Are Skirting CMS Rules

Groups lament stress to enrollees and billions in hospital losses from coverage delays, denials

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<乌鸦传媒>Handguns From Home Account for Most Adolescent School Shootings

Study of school shootings up to 2016 finds high-powered guns less commonly used by youths

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<乌鸦传媒>What's Going on at Mission Health?

Physicians pen letters, narrowly vote against bylaws that would have silenced them

INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

<乌鸦传媒>Devastating Medication Error; FDA's Recall Weakness; Insurers Break State Laws

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>A Medical Student, a Dying JFK, and 鈥楧estiny鈥�: What a Young Doctor Saw 60 Years Ago

A look back at a conversation with one of the last surviving witnesses from Trauma Room One

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Trump in 'Excellent' Health; Violence Pandemic in Healthcare; New Listeria Outbreak

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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