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Tenet reins in Q2 labor costs, stock jumps

Health Care Dive

The chain’s same-hospital adjusted admissions fell 5.3% year over year in the second quarter partially due to an April cybersecurity incident that impacted facilities and had a $100 million impact on adjusted EBITDA.

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Remote value-based care can be delivered more efficiently

Healthcare It News

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HCA beats Wall Street expectations in Q2 after earlier dip in guidance

Health Care Dive

The Nashville-based hospital operator beat Wall Street expectations on revenue, which rose about 3%, but net income slipped nearly 20% compared to the same time last year.

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Expanded Federal Investment in Home and Community-Based Services: State Approaches to Serve Children and Youth

NASHP

Expanded Federal Investment in Home and Community-Based Services: State Approaches to Serve Children and Youth July 22, 2022 / by Zack Gould and Kate Honsberger. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated long-standing challenges for states in providing access to high-quality home and community-based services (HCBS).[1] Under the American Rescue Plan Act, the federal government expanded funding to states’ Medicaid HCBS programs, including a one-year, 10-percentage-point increase in federa

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Tenet cybersecurity incident hits Q2 volumes

Health Care Dive

The hospital operator estimated the breach had a $100 million unfavorable EBITDA impact and said its systems have since been rebuilt.

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Frontline Honors: Lesia Donalson, Adoration Home Health

Home Health Care

Lesia Donalson, clinical auditor/educator for Adoration Home Health, has been named a 2022 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News. To become a Frontline Honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes; a passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into action for the good of seniors and aging industry professionals; and an advocate for seniors, their indust

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South Korea's Extraordinary Fertility Decline

The Rand Blog

The complicated history of family planning as well as socioeconomic and political factors may all play roles in depressing birth rates in South Korea. But the nation's fertility decline is just one piece in a complicated gender puzzle.

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Oncoustics Raises $5M for AI-Driven Point-of-Care Diagnostics

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Oncoustics , San Francisco, CA-based ultrasound-based tissue characterization solutions announces the initial close of a $5 million+ seed round of funding to advance its SaMD (software as a medical device) technology for the low-cost assessment of structural diseases at the point of care. – Oncoustics’ first products will focus on liver disease, one of the fastest-growing causes of morbidity and mortality in the world.

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Leading Through Change and Inspiring Transformation in Healthcare

Medi Leadership

Though the challenges healthcare leaders face aren’t entirely new, there’s no denying our industry is undergoing a season of heightened and accelerated transformation. . As conditions change, how do you inspire your team, reduce resistance, and compel others to follow your lead? And how do you empower employees to create new solutions toward shared goals?

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FDA Awards 510(k) Clearances for ZEUS System/Zio Watch

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, iRhythm (a digital health company) and Verily (Alphabet’s life sciences research organization) announced joint FDA 510(k) clearances for the ZEUS System and Zio Watch. Together they create an integrated, prescription-based solution that will improve clinician workflows, care pathways and the patient experience. . – The ZEUS System is the AI algorithm and solution component of the Zio Watch – a clinical grade, long-term and noninvasive wearable that no

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5 Essentials for Healthcare CIOs: A Provider Data Management Checklist

Complete and accurate provider data is essential for health organizations to operate effectively. A better understanding of your provider network helps to understand patients and consumers, identify gaps in care, and make the best possible decisions for your businesses. A modern provider data management solution should power a complete and accurate view of each of your providers, make this data easily accessible across functional groups, and be flexible and agile enough to scale. with your needs

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U.S. Labor Market, 988 Hotline, Firearm Homicides: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on the U.S. economy’s uneven pandemic recovery, a new national mental health hotline, firearm homicides, and more.

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Promoting Community Health Through School Nursing with Lisa Cagliostro | Episode 52

Vie Healthcare

In Episode 52 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience Jim Cagliostro is joined by Lisa Cagliostro, to discuss the expanding role of a school nurse and its impact on community health. Episode Introduction. School nurses are now playing a critical role in community health. In this episode, Jim Cagliostro, VIE’s Clinical Operations Performance Improvement Expert, interviewed Lisa Cagliostro to discuss the multiple demands on school nurses in the public school system, especially in communities where

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Tunisia: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response

The Rand Blog

Tunisia's response to the COVID pandemic has been spotty, though vaccination rates have improved and mortality rates have dropped. When the political instability is factored in, Tunisia's emergence from the pandemic may not be quick.

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Promoting Community Health Through School Nursing with Lisa Cagliostro | Episode 52

Vie Healthcare

In Episode 52 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience Jim Cagliostro is joined by Lisa Cagliostro, to discuss the expanding role of a school nurse and its impact on community health. Episode Introduction. School nurses are now playing a critical role in community health. In this episode, Jim Cagliostro, VIE’s Clinical Operations Performance Improvement Expert, interviewed Lisa Cagliostro to discuss the multiple demands on school nurses in the public school system, especially in communities where

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Once a week, culture & leadership expert Galen Emanuele gives free, actionable EQ training in 5 minutes or less. Subscribe to the #CultureDrop and access free resources & content.

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Demonstrating the Ability to Protect Healthcare Personnel from COVID-19 in High-Risk Settings

CDC

This content can also be found on the NIOSH Science Blog. The COVID-19 pandemic brought about stresses to the U.S. healthcare workforce never seen before. Since early in the pandemic, reports have abounded of healthcare personnel (HCP) being infected, sometimes resulting in severe outcomes and death. As of July 20, 2022, there have been nearly 1 million COVID-19 cases and over 2,000 deaths reported to CDC among U.S.

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Promoting Community Health Through School Nursing with Lisa Cagliostro | Episode 52

Vie Healthcare

In Episode 52 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience Jim Cagliostro is joined by Lisa Cagliostro, to discuss the expanding role of a school nurse and its impact on community health. Episode Introduction. School nurses are now playing a critical role in community health. In this episode, Jim Cagliostro, VIE’s Clinical Operations Performance Improvement Expert, interviewed Lisa Cagliostro to discuss the multiple demands on school nurses in the public school system, especially in communities wher

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Why It Makes Sense to Keep Mine-Hunting Dolphins on the Navy's Payroll

The Rand Blog

The mine-hunting abilities of the dolphin remain unmatched by human ingenuity. They make the seas safer for naval ships and other vessels. A single mine blast can incapacitate or even sink a warship costing billions of dollars. Yet budget cuts could spell the end of the program.

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