| Today's News and Trends | | During a 12-week peak in the COVID-19 crisis, an 800-bed academic hospital in a frenetic American city admitted more than 9,000 inpatients—including almost 700 with COVID—while letting only two infections sneak in unchecked. During a 12-week peak in the COVID-19 crisis, an 800-bed academic hospital in a frenetic American city admitted more than 9,000 inpatients—including almost 700 with COVID—while letting only two infections sneak in unchecked. | |
| A 223-bed acute care institution with a medical staff of nearly 300 physicians has agreed to pay $50 million over allegations it deliberately submitted ineligible claims to Medicare and profited handsomely by these actions. A 223-bed acute care institution with a medical staff of nearly 300 physicians has agreed to pay $50 million over allegations it deliberately submitted ineligible claims to Medicare and profited handsomely by these actions. | |
| The Defense Innovation Unit has tapped Google Cloud to prototype a pathology microscope equipped with both augmented reality and AI. The Defense Innovation Unit has tapped Google Cloud to prototype a pathology microscope equipped with both augmented reality and AI. | |
| | A popular and fast-growing consumer healthcare company rooted in technology intends to go public with an initial offering of $100 million in shares. A popular and fast-growing consumer healthcare company rooted in technology intends to go public with an initial offering of $100 million in shares. | |
| Researchers focused on long-term heart and lung damage among recovered COVID-19 patients, turning to lung function tests, CT imaging and echocardiograms. Researchers focused on long-term heart and lung damage among recovered COVID-19 patients, turning to lung function tests, CT imaging and echocardiograms. | |
| The Woodstock, New York, woman alleges the hospital and medical record vendor Ciox Health have been “unresponsive and difficult” to deal with. The Woodstock, New York, woman alleges the hospital and medical record vendor Ciox Health have been “unresponsive and difficult” to deal with. | |
| AI will not earn a place in the daily practice of medicine until its developers definitively answer some pressing questions on fitness and appropriateness. AI will not earn a place in the daily practice of medicine until its developers definitively answer some pressing questions on fitness and appropriateness. | |
| | If they hope to survive the COVID healthcare economy, many independent hospitals may need to cut their workforces, slash their expenses, reduce their investments, pull the plug on some clinical service lines—or all of the above. If they hope to survive the COVID healthcare economy, many independent hospitals may need to cut their workforces, slash their expenses, reduce their investments, pull the plug on some clinical service lines—or all of the above. | |
| Judging by work RVUs, U.S. physicians and other clinicians are getting decent raises every year without lifting their billable productivity enough to pay for it, AMGA’s latest survey suggests. Judging by work RVUs, U.S. physicians and other clinicians are getting decent raises every year without lifting their billable productivity enough to pay for it, AMGA’s latest survey suggests. | |
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