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Hospital-Based Medicine

<乌鸦传媒 class='mpt-top_cat_title_description'>News, opinions and meeting coverage in hospital-based medicine.

A photo of a bottle of Dr. Bronner鈥檚 Pure-Castile Soap next to a bath scrubber.

<乌鸦传媒>Dr. Bronner's Offering Its Workers Psychedelic Therapy Coverage

Soap company to cover ketamine-assisted therapy for employees with new industry nonprofit

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<乌鸦传媒>Hospital Group Sued Over Charity Billing Practices

Lawsuit alleges hospitals misled thousands of low-income patients eligible for financial aid

<乌鸦传媒>CMS Revamps Direct Contracting Model

Participants in current GPDC Direct Contracting must meet new equity and governance requirements

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<乌鸦传媒>Mass General 'Not an Outlier' in Double-Booked Surgeries

The teaching hospital resolves lawsuit, changes patient consent forms

A nurse tends to a senior comatose man in the ICU.

<乌鸦传媒>Comatose Cardiac Arrest Survivors Don't Need Brain Misfires Suppressed

Trial finds seizure meds unwarranted for aberrant EEG patterns in the ICU

A photo of a man dressed like the Messiah in a dark space.

<乌鸦传媒>Treating a Messiah

A creative way to achieve patient compliance

A photo of a motion-blurred ambulance rushing to an emergency.

<乌鸦传媒>Costs Soaring for Ground Ambulance Transport

Surprise billing law doesn't apply to ambulance rides

A photo of a male healthcare worker holding up a handmade cardboard sign which reads: HELP!

<乌鸦传媒>No One Is Coming to Help

Rural hospitals have been fighting a losing battle during the COVID pandemic

<乌鸦传媒>Nurses Sue Ohio Staffing Firm Over Hefty Quitting Fees

Lawsuit against Health Carousel alleges trafficking and fraud

Paramedics practice endotracheal intubation on a medical dummy.

<乌鸦传媒>Cardiac Arrest Patients Don't Necessarily Do Better With Intubation

Debate on prehospital advanced airway management continues

Three children look out the window of a house in Gornyak, Ukraine, approximately 10 miles from the Donetsk frontlines.

<乌鸦传媒>Ukrainian Doctor's Family Lives Under Threat of War

Roksolana Vaskul, MD, says it's "surreal" to imagine her family under attack in Ukraine

A photo of a young Asian female physician in front of the American Flag.

<乌鸦传媒>Are There Too Many Foreign-Born Docs in the U.S.? Maybe, Maybe Not

Lawmakers' divide on the question evident at House hearing

CROI over a computer rendering of the immune system attacking the HIV virus

<乌鸦传媒>Universal HCV Screening in Pregnancy Boosts Detection

More cases found verses risk-based approach, also IDs perinatal transmission, researcher says

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<乌鸦传媒>Penn Nursing Gifted $125 Million to Train NPs

Est茅e Lauder scion's donation requires students to work in underserved areas for at least 2 years

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<乌鸦传媒>Some Never Get COVID; Private Equity Targets Nurse Staffing Firms; $13K Donor Bill

This past week in healthcare investigations

CROI over a computer rendering of the immune system attacking the HIV virus

<乌鸦传媒>Third Person 'Cured' of HIV via Transplant

U.S. woman with leukemia gets cord blood resistant to HIV

Police activity outside Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital

<乌鸦传媒>Racist Protest 'Threatened' Patient Care, Massachusetts Medical Society Says

Neo-Nazis targeted doctors outside Brigham and Women's Hospital

An illustration of rubber gloved hands breaking free of handcuffs.

<乌鸦传媒>Blacked Out on Fentanyl for a Day

A nurse in recovery shares one of her loneliest moments

An illustration of rubber gloved hands breaking free of handcuffs.

<乌鸦传媒>Job, License, and Livelihood on the Line

After diverting drugs, the foundation begins to crack for this nurse

An illustration of rubber gloved hands breaking free of handcuffs.

<乌鸦传媒>Nurses Are Not Unbreakable

We as a society need to serve nurses better

A close up of a prescription bottle of hydrocodone in a man鈥檚 hand

<乌鸦传媒>CDC Proposes New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

Hard thresholds for pain medication doses, duration no longer promoted

A photo of Hackensack University Medical Center next to a photo of Nicholas Pagano

<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Found Dead After Allegedly Setting Colleague on Fire

Nicholas Pagano, 31, had been wanted for attack at Hackensack University Medical Center

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<乌鸦传媒>Healthcare Is a 'Right' for All Americans, Says Becerra

"We're missing the mark" on addressing health disparities, researchers agree

FDA SAFETY enteral feeding tubes over a photo of enteral feeding tubing, syringes, and jars of formula.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Warns of Strangulation Risk for Kids on Feeding Tubes

Two toddlers died after being found with enteral feeding systems' tubing around their necks

A photo of a Black male surgeon in scrubs riding in the hospital elevator

<乌鸦传媒>Study Shows Virtually No Advancement for Black Surgical Residents

Despite a more diverse applicant pool, matriculation, graduation rates remain low

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

<乌鸦传媒>Inside Hospital Hacker Mob; Clinical Trial Surprise Bill; Silenced Nurses

This past week in healthcare investigations

A photo of a male physician checking his watch.

<乌鸦传媒>Why Do Physicians Stay in Toxic Work Environments?

Reclaim your power at work

<乌鸦传媒>Judge Tosses Drug Company's Libel Lawsuit Against Medical Society

"Pharmaceutical companies are not free to intimidate the scientific process," says ASA President

An aerial view of Carson Tahoe Hospital next to a highway surrounded by desert mountains and a blue sky

<乌鸦传媒>Rural Access to Care Even Worse for Minority Communities

Access to hospital services breaks down along historic racial lines

A patients-eye-view of an anesthesiologist about to administer propofol.

<乌鸦传媒>Do You Really Know What Anesthesiologists Do?

Myth-busting for Physician Anesthesiologists Week

A photo of a senior woman in a hospital bed listening to a physician.

<乌鸦传媒>When Strangers Deliver Bad News to Patients

All too often, I end up giving prognoses to patients I barely know

An outside photo of the Yuma Regional Medical Center.

<乌鸦传媒>Slammed to the Max: This Hospital Has Hovered at Capacity Since Pandemic Began

Staffing is at the breaking point, and diversion isn't an option

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<乌鸦传媒>ICU Nurse Walked Out in the Middle of His Shift, Found Dead 2 Days Later

Death of travel nurse Michael Odell shines spotlight on clinicians' mental health

An aerial view of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California

<乌鸦传媒>Turmoil in San Jose ED: Overworked, Unhappy Staff Stage Walkout

Yes, the pandemic is still causing havoc, but is a new doc staffing group making things worse?

A close up of a person鈥檚 white rubber gloved hands drawing Veklury from a vial with a syringe.

<乌鸦传媒>Fact Check: Remdesivir Isn't Killing People

False claims made during senator's hearing that featured "disinformation docs"

A close up of a blue rubber gloved hand holding a fentanyl patch

<乌鸦传媒>Prescription Drug Misuse High Among Nurses During Pandemic

Home health RNs have highest rates, but those working at hospitals most likely to have an SUD

A male physician leans on a window sill and looks out at a sunny day.

<乌鸦传媒>Is It Time to Explore Alternative and Encore Careers in Medicine?

A new way to build back better

A photo of ThedaCare Regional Medical Center鈥揘eenah in Neenah, Wisconsin

<乌鸦传媒>Healthcare Workers Can't Be Blocked From Starting New Jobs, Says Court

Seven workers from 11-member interventional team at Wisconsin hospital can take new jobs

A Black female nurse wearing a protective mask and blue rubber gloves with her arms folded.

<乌鸦传媒>Most Nurses of Color Report Workplace Racism

Black nurses in particular deal with discrimination from patients and peers, survey reveals

<乌鸦传媒>An Antidote to Provider Shortages: In-House Travel Staffing

UPMC launched the first agency of its kind, others will likely follow

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