An AI algorithm could have kept almost 850 of 1,240 fevered infants—close to 70%—from having to undergo a painful lumbar puncture, aka “spinal tap,” for finding out if their high temps owed to a serious bacterial infection.
Two days before HHS was to stop accepting providers’ applications for a second, $15 billion round of CARES Act relief funding, the agency is announcing it will extend the deadline to Sept. 13.
Comparing the financials of more than 200 private equity-acquired hospitals with those of more than 500 matched controls, Harvard researchers have found Big Money’s backing translates into bigger income.
Google Cloud is injecting $100 million into a supplier of telehealth platforms, partly to build out AI systems for helping hospitals remotely handle patient inquiries, intake and triage.
Stepping into the fray on broad societal issues “takes physicians into realms where they have no expertise—and thus risks eroding public trust in the medical profession,” a distinguished physician suggests.
It's believed to be the first such facility to implement a rapid testing program and is powered by Dignity Health St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco and GoHealth Urgent Care.
Unless there’s a turnaround from the high costs and low revenues of the COVID healthcare economy, more than 70% of nursing homes and 64% of assisted living communities will not be here a year from now.