May 8, 2024- The week of May 6-12 is National Nurses Week, and Cardinal Health has taken steps to alleviate the burden on nurses in healthcare. According to Cardinal Health, the amount of multitasking required of a nurse takes away from hands-on patient care. Many hospitals rely on manual supply chain workflows, often requiring nurses to step away from their patients' bedside … [Read more...]
Walgreens and Boehringer Ingelheim partner to improve diversity in clinical trials
May 8, 2024- Walgreens and Boehringer Ingelheim announced a strategic collaboration aimed at optimizing recruitment and making clinical trials more accessible, inclusive and equitable. This collaboration will offer people an opportunity to learn about and potentially participate in an important Phase III clinical trial within the familiar and accessible environment … [Read more...]
Mayo Clinic, Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville collaborate for pediatric care, medical education, research
May 7, 2024- Mayo Clinic and Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville announced a 10-year extension of their three-decade collaboration to improve healthcare in the region and train future generations of physicians and healthcare workers. The collaboration will continue to focus on medical training, research and clinical care, specifically in pediatrics, where there are … [Read more...]
Intermountain Medical Center named top teaching hospital
May 7, 2024- Fortune Magazine and PINC AI have ranked Intermountain Medical Center in Murray as the number one major teaching hospital in the nation for 2024. Nine other Intermountain hospitals in Utah were ranked among the nation’s best hospitals on this year’s top 100 hospitals list, according to PINC AI and Fortune. The Fortune rankings analyzed publicly available data from … [Read more...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific launches new CXCL10 Testing Service
May 7, 2024- Thermo Fisher has released a simple, urine-based assay that detects the CXCL10 chemokine may make care more convenient and less invasive for the nearly 250,000 Americans living with a kidney transplant. For organ transplant recipients, life post-transplant involves a delicate balance between invasive monitoring and immunosuppression to reduce the risk of rejection, … [Read more...]
Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program announces integration of Maryland R³ curriculum
May 7, 2024- The Vizient/American Association of College Nursing (AACN) Nurse Residency Program™ announced the integration of Maryland's R3 Resilient Nurses Initiative curriculum into its content offering. The collaboration elevates NRP's support of newly licensed nurses transitioning from classroom to clinical practice to promote quality and safety and reduce … [Read more...]
Sysmex analyzer wins award for malaria identification
May 6, 2024- The Sysmex multi-item automatic blood cell analyzer XN-31 is capable of measuring and quantitatively displaying red blood cells infected with malaria parasites, etc. The measurement is performed fully automatically and does not require advanced skills. It enables high-sensitivity testing in a short time of approximately 1 minute. XN-31 was the first in Japan to … [Read more...]
Steward Healthcare has declared bankruptcy
May 7, 2024- Dallas-based Steward Healthcare has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as announced in a May 6 press release. According to Steward Health, the company "took this voluntary step May 6 as a necessary measure to allow the Company to continue to provide necessary care to its patients in their communities without disruption. Steward does not expect any interruptions … [Read more...]
Free JHC Webinar on how IDNs are managing labor costs and increasing procurement efficiency
May 7, 2024- Please join The Journal of Healthcare Contracting and our esteemed panelists on June 3 at 2:00 PM ET for a webinar discussing how they are deploying technology in these trying times to thrive in their procurement processes and activities. Providers have resigned themselves that they will have to continue to achieve an increased workload with less resources. This … [Read more...]
Hospitals and health systems continue to face rising costs, economic pressures
May 6, 2024- An American Hospital Association (AHA) Report revealed that hospitals and health systems continue to experience significant financial pressures, challenging their ability to provide patient care. Data from 2023 showed that hospitals and health systems continued to face high costs for labor, drugs, and supplies. Additionally, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements did … [Read more...]