At New York City-based Montefiore Einstein, the art and science of emergency department efficiency comes from the right pathways and communication. “When I started my career, one of my bosses told me, ‘Janine, right now you’re taking care of 15…
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Lewiston, Maine-based Central Maine Healthcare, which Prime Healthcare Foundation acquired in February, issued a termination notice to the physician group that staffs emergency departments at its three hospitals. BlueWater Emergency Partners, based in Brunswick, Maine, will stop providing emergency medicine…
A Jacksonville, Florida.-based neurosurgery practice has become the 11th U.S. clinic to install Xenco Medical’s XenVision artificial intelligence platform, an early adoption milestone that may signal a larger shift in how spine specialists measure one of the most important, and…
HHS’ Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response awarded grants to four health organizations to pilot innovative models as part of its new Trauma Care Readiness and Coordination Program. The grant will provide $500,000 to each organization to develop and test…
RUSH deployed a three-pronged strategy—data, collaboration, and real-time adjustments—to drive down readmissions across the system. Reducing readmissions ranks among the most persistent challenges health systems confront. An estimated 15% of Medicare patients return to the hospital for unplanned treatment within…
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When primary care serves as the coordinating engine of a health system, care can become more connected, preventive and sustainable. The longitudinal relationships primary care teams build with their patients equip clinicians with a complete view of baseline health, history…
Baltimore-based Sinai Hospital has begun using Sepsis ImmunoScore, an FDA-authorized AI diagnostic tool designed to help clinicians identify patients who have or are at risk of developing sepsis. The tool analyzes up to 22 clinical and laboratory measurements and generates…
Williamsburg, Va.-based Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center has earned provisional Level III Adult Trauma Center designation from the Virginia Department of Health. The designation followed years of preparation and a site review in June, according to a Sept. 28 news…
San Francisco-based UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals has become the first U.S. qualified treatment center contracted to administer Waskyra (etuvetidigene autotemcel) to eligible patients with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. The designation makes Waskyra commercially available to eligible patients in the U.S., according to…
Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital has achieved Level IV trauma facility classification following a review by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The hospital’s classification is valid for three years. The state trauma team evaluated the hospital’s trauma care processes,…