Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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Q&A: Wireless patient monitoring has mothers dancing for joy

Patient monitoring is starting even before the patient arrives, with Novii, mothers can sit, walk and even dance their way through labor while fetal heart rate is monitored wirelessly.

Improved pathogen detection with lab-on-a-chip

Lab-on-a-chip technology is advancing pathogen detection in individual samples, without the need for complex bulky equipment. Developed by Natalia Sandetskaya and colleagues at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy & Immunology in Leipzig, Germany, the prototype lab-on-a-chip automates the detection process within a single device. 

Hospitals holding off on expansion projects because of ACA uncertainty

With the ultimate fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and healthcare policy remaining a mystery under a Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump, some U.S. hospitals have decided this isn’t the right time to take on big projects.

No need for a refrigerator with these vaccines

Vaccinations are the first step in providing life-saving healthcare for a variety of deadly diseases. While vaccines are common place in many countries, people residing in developing counties have little access due to the complications involved in transporting and preserving these medications. The development of a new vaccine that doesn’t need refrigeration could be the answers people need.

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Cleveland Clinic operating income drops by 71%

Revenues were up at the Cleveland Clinic in 2016, but higher expenses put a damper on operating income, which fell 71 percent from the year before.

3D printer produces implantable cartilage

Researchers from two Swedish universities have successfully used 3D printing to produce human cartilage cells capable of living and growing in mice. This development, published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, may be able to provide patients with body parts through 3D printing.

500,000 healthcare jobs added because of ACA

A new analysis from Goldman Sachs said that 500,000 of the jobs added to the healthcare sector since 2012 can be attributed to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s increasing of health insurance coverage. 

Eccovia Solutions brings care coordination to Los Angeles health services

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services has selected Eccovia Solutions, a provider of healthcare coordination platforms, to develop a care coordination platform for the county’s 1115 Waiver Whole-Person Care (WPC) pilot program. 

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Cardiologist compensation still rising, especially in invasive and interventional cardiology

Updated compensation data includes good news for multiple subspecialties. The new report also examines private equity's impact on employment models and how much male cardiologists earn compared to females.

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FDA’s tirzepatide decision creates uncertainty for patients—and leads to a lawsuit

When drugs are on the FDA’s shortage list, outsourcing facilities can produce their own compounded versions. When the FDA removed tirzepatide from that list with no warning, it created a considerable amount of chaos both behind the scenes and in pharmacies all over the country. 

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Cardiology groups cheer new bill that would improve access to Medicare claims data

If passed, this bill would help clinician-led clinical registries explore Medicare data for research purposes. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American College of Cardiology both shared public support for the bipartisan legislation. 

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