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News, opinions and meeting coverage in hospital-based medicine.

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After State Lawsuit, Health System Erases or Refunds $158M in Medical Bills

Announcement by Providence health system comes weeks before trial

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Cedars-Sinai Anesthesiologists Unionize

Concerns about staffing, quality of care, and pay cuts push physicians to organize

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Alleged Lewd Doc Acquitted; AI Detects Guns at Hospital; Obesity Bill of Rights

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 麻豆传媒 staff

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Donor Milk, Formula Go Head-to-Head for Extreme Preemies in the NICU

Similar neurodevelopmental outcomes, but less necrotizing enterocolitis with donor milk

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Pulse Oximeters Once Again in the Spotlight at FDA

Advisory panel to discuss how to improve device accuracy for patients with darker skin

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Iodine-Based Skin Prep Better for Certain Fracture Surgeries

Large randomized trial comparing alcohol antiseptic solutions could change practice

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Health Workers Press for Federal Bill to Prevent Workplace Violence

Legislation calls for up to 20 years' federal imprisonment for certain acts of violence

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Shannen Doherty's 'Miracle Treatment'; Adult 'Diaper Spa'? Israel Raids Hospital

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 麻豆传媒 staff

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Viral Infection, Neuroinflammation Flagged in SIDS Autopsies

Next-generation molecular tools turned up insights not detected by typical autopsy methods

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Deep Pay Cuts for Travel Nurses Reported at Pittsburgh Health System

Annual wage cut of about $25,000 was not disclosed at signing, nurses say

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Princess of Wales Discharged After Abdominal Surgery

King Charles III remains hospitalized

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Trial Backs Short Course of Antibiotics for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Individualized treatment noninferior versus usual long-course treatment in the ICU

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CDC Reports Deaths After Medical Tourism in the Dominican Republic

Fatalities frequently involved Brazilian butt lifts

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Critical Care Guideline Changes Boost Corticosteroid Uses, Role of Families

Corticosteroids, glycemic control, and clinical deterioration outside ICU addressed

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Idaho Medical Group May Close if It's Not Sold

Saltzer Health has changed hands several times in recent years amid a shifting industry landscape

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Physician Summits World's Seven Highest Mountains -- And You Can Join Him

Thousands of HCPs have earned CME credits while on an adventure with Ben Mattingly, MD

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Will All Seniors Eventually Have No Choice but Medicare Advantage?

MedPAC chair discusses need to fix MA's confusing limitations, upcoding, and rising costs

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In Billboard Campaign, Physician Residents Say They're Exploited

Residents at University at Buffalo charge they're the lowest paid in the entire state

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Nurses Still the Most Trusted Profession, Doctors Fall to Fifth

Trust slipping across nearly all professions, Gallup poll finds

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Ibuprofen Fails Another Crack at Reducing Preemie Lung Issues and Deaths

A therapy to help babies with hole in heart is still lacking

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Infusion Drug Mark-Ups Higher at Safety Net Hospitals

Study shows big difference in reimbursement-to-acquisition cost ratio versus private practice

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Can Targeting Normoxemia Benefit Critically Ill Trauma Patients?

Strategy appeared to increase supplemental oxygen-free days

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China's COVID Sequence Secret; Cancer Research Retractions; Med Board Reform Looms

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Tailoring Drug Interaction Alerts to the ICU Reduced Number of High-Risk Combos

Intervention reduced "alert fatigue" for clinicians

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Native Hawaiian Physician-Scientist Kekoa Taparra Is Making Waves

One of the first Native Hawaiians with an MD, PhD is tackling Pacific Islander health disparities

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Early Switch to Oral Antibiotics Safe in Uncomplicated, Gram-Negative Bacteremia?

Don't base treatment decisions solely on observational data, experts say

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Troubled For-Profit Nursing Program Dodges Early Closure

But regulator in Arizona has final word

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Ceftriaxone Prevents Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia After Brain Injury

Single-dose administered prophylactically associated with less pneumonia, mortality

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Switch to Oral Antibiotics Noninferior in Low-Risk Staph Bloodstream Infections

Identifying "low risk" infections is tricky, experts say

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Severe Stroke at Age 24; Nurses' $100,000 Bonus; Paxlovid Insider Trading Conviction

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 麻豆传媒 staff

Hospitals Pay U.S. News to Promote Their Rankings

Amid rankings pushback, the question of payment for use of the company's logo has resurfaced

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Inequitable Treatment Persists Across Pediatric 麻豆传媒, Review Shows

Experts recommend ways to improve child care, health equity

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Telehealth, Default Orders Show Promise in Palliative Care

Telecare improved quality of life for people with chronic illnesses

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CMS Issues Final Rule on Prior Authorizations

The rule, which doesn't apply to commercial insurers, sets time limits on responses

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Dead Nurse Found in Freezer; Deadly Hospital Error; Weight-Loss Compounder Crashes

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Kate Middleton Hospitalized; Sen. Paul Urges Prison for Fauci; COVID Back in Class

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 麻豆传媒 staff

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Trump and GOP Rivals' Positions on Major Healthcare Issues

Here's where the top candidates stand on abortion, the ACA, and gender-affirming care

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California Offers a Lifeline for Medical Residents Who Can't Find Abortion Training

A new law makes it easier for out-of-state physicians to get in-person training

Go Vegetarian to Avoid COVID? Making Dialysis Centers Work Better

Also in TTHealthWatch: diagnostic errors among hospitalized patients

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It Is Literally Impossible to Be a Woman in Medicine

Women physicians face a multitude of challenges beginning in medical school

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