As the pandemic unfolded, hospitals faced the daunting task of selecting treatment plans without robust research. Medical leaders harnessed existing resources and innovated to sift through incoming data.
Truveta, a for-profit data venture founded by health systems, also unveiled a cloud-based research platform.
The Biden administration is providing local school districts with tools to help schools partner with pharmacies to administer shots. And it’s asking schools to share information on the benefits of vaccines and details about the vaccination process with parents, to counter disinformation surrounding the shots.
A new report from the Lown Institute scored more than 3,000 hospitals on Medicare mortality rates and per-patient costs and determined the program could save $8 billion per year if hospitals were more efficient.
Tenet Healthcare will buy SurgCenter Development, a company from which it had already acquired 67 facilities.
Providers claim the unlicensed stem cell therapies can be used for treating painful symptoms, orthopedic diseases or injuries.
