In 2020, the novel coronavirus has upended the world. In patient care facilities, staff are under tremendous pressure to contain COVID-19. Throughout this continued fight, maintaining effective hygiene practices in facilities has been an essential measure in slowing the spread…
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Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, is admitting anyone age 26 and under to help other hospitals in the area that are near capacity due to COVID-19, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
Renown Health has opened the ground floor of its alternate care site at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev., to serve more COVID-19 patients amid a virus surge, the health system said Nov. 12.
Provo-based Utah Valley Hospital is implementing new precautions after several conspiracy theorists attempted to sneak into the intensive care unit, reports NBC affiliate KSL-TV.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused healthcare leaders to rethink population health initiatives. During a Nov. 11 panel at Becker's CEO + CFO Virtual Event, three population health executives discussed how their strategies have shifted due to the pandemic and how…
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Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare and Humana signed a new in-network agreement for Humana's commercial and government members in Florida, the organizations said Nov. 12.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan struck a partnership with Premise Health, a direct healthcare company based in Brentwood, Tenn., to create employer-sponsored health and wellness centers.
It wasn't unusual to see once-competing hospitals become collaborators for resources and staff when the nation faced the first COVID-19 surge in early spring. Now in the face of a second surge, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is ensuring that type…
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Caravan Health, an ACO provider, are creating an ACO that will work with rural hospitals and providers.
Prior authorization workflows remain highly manual in today's healthcare environment, even with advancements in machine learning and robotics process automation.