Kent Hospital in Warwick, R.I., has shared plans for a $97 million construction project that will expand clinical capacity and modernize key services. The hospital is part of Providence, R.I.-based Care New England. The Kent Hospital expansion project will comprise…
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Thirty-six percent of providers believe payers reliably deliver on promises, according to an inaugural Aetna provider survey released April 8. The survey will run quarterly, polling representatives of U.S. healthcare providers. This round fielded responses from 827 hospital system executives,…
A proposed pharmacy distribution center tied to Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger was delayed after a zoning hearing in Hazle Township, Pa., raised concerns about hazardous materials and infrastructure, according to an April 6 report by Fox56. The project, filed by NP…
Large language models may help identify drug safety signals in clinical notes, though their performance remains below thresholds required for clinical decision support. Researchers evaluated three models — GPT-3.5, GPT-4 and GPT-4o — using clinical notes from 100 patients at…
The FDA has approved the first generic versions of Farxiga, a drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes and reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure. The generic, dapagliflozin, is indicated to improve glycemic control in adults with Type 2…
Mount Gilead-based OhioHealth Morrow County Hospital has partnered with Columbus, Ohio-based MedOne Healthcare Partners to provide hospitalist care through a hybrid in-person and telehealth model. The model connects on-site advanced practice providers with MedOne’s remote physicians who evaluate patients via…
Tampa-based University of South Florida Athletics and Tampa General Hospital have formed a multi-year partnership to place the TGH logo on the USF Bulls football uniforms. The logo will mark the first jersey patch sponsorship in Florida college athletics and…
Michigan hospitals reduced the use of chest X-rays on children with respiratory illness by nearly 40%, Medscape reported April 8. The results, published April 7 in Pediatrics, came from the Michigan Emergency Department Improvement Collaborative, a statewide quality improvement and…
New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers created an emergency care redesign intervention that can improve care and outcomes of patients with dementia that visit the emergency department. More than 50% of patients living with dementia and their…
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche is launching the National Fraud Enforcement Division for taxpayer-funded programs, according to an April 7 memo. The White House announced plans for the division in January as Medicaid fraud concerns in Minnesota intensified. In…