Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Proposed Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals; etc.
Pre-publication notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals for fiscal year 2024. Contains details of changes impacting Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals and inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals, among other things. This proposed rule also includes information and updates on the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation. Comments are due by June 9, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates vi...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 11, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
HistoSonics Announces First Ever Kidney Tumor Treatment Using Histotripsy
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, (UK) Performs Non-Invasive Histotripsy in Patient with Primary Solid Renal Tumor
MINNEAPOLIS, March 30, 2023 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- HistoSonics, (www.histosonics.com), the developer of a non-inv... Devices, Oncology HistoSonics, histotripsy (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - March 30, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Patients with multi-drug-resistant organisms feel inadequately informed about their status: adverse effects of contact isolation
Conclusion: These findings underline the importance of adequate patient communication. It is essential for patients ' well-being to receive timely, relevant, and understandable information about the background and consequences of their infection or colonisation with MDROs. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Quality Improvement to Promote Sepsis Reassessment The Sepsis Reassessment Protocol Improvement Project (SRPIP)
Conclusion(s): The results demonstrate that education, combined with RSAs, can improve protocol knowledge and compliance. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Acute kidney injury among children likely associated with diethylene glycol-contaminated medications - The Gambia, June-September 2022 - Bastani P, Jammeh A, Lamar F, Malenfant JH, Adewuyi P, Cavanaugh AM, Calloway K, Crisp C, Fofana N, Hallett TC, Jallow A, Muoneke U, Nyassi M, Thomas J, Troeschel A, Yard E, Yeh M, Bittaye M.
On July 26, 2022, a pediatric nephrologist alerted The Gambia's Ministry of Health (MoH) to a cluster of cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) among young children at the country's sole teaching hospital, and on August 23, 2022, MoH requested assistance from ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
University of Minnesota seeks $950M to buy teaching hospitals out of Fairview/Sanford merger
University of Minnesota Medical Center hospitals currently owned by Fairview Health could once again belong directly to the university as part of a $950 million proposal by the U, prompted by Fairview's planned merger with Sanford Health. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 24, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Mark Reilly Source Type: news
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Changes in Roche ’s Corporate Executive Committee
Basel, 2 February 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that the Board of Directors has made the following appointments:Teresa Graham, currently Head of Global Product Strategy for Roche Pharmaceuticals, has been appointed CEO Roche Pharmaceuticals based in Basel, Switzerland effective March 2023 and will become a member of the Corporate Executive Committee. At the same time, Levi Garraway, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, Global Product Development, based in South San Francisco, will become a member of the enlarged Corporate Executive Committee. Both will report to the Roche Group CE...
Source: Roche Investor Update - February 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Changes in Roche ’s Corporate Executive Committee
Basel, 2 February 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that the Board of Directors has made the following appointments:Teresa Graham, currently Head of Global Product Strategy for Roche Pharmaceuticals, has been appointed CEO Roche Pharmaceuticals based in Basel, Switzerland effective March 2023 and will become a member of the Corporate Executive Committee. At the same time, Levi Garraway, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, Global Product Development, based in South San Francisco, will become a member of the enlarged Corporate Executive Committee. Both will report to the Roche Group CE...
Source: Roche Media News - February 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Ghana: Foundation Launched to Support Surgical Operations of 20 Hole-in-Heart Children
[Ghanaian Times] Shen Yang and Shen Yuet Children's Heart Foundation was on Friday launched in Accra with the objective to pay for surgical operations for 20 children with hole-in-heart conditions at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital every year for the next 10 years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 25, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: I'm Determined to Make KATH Best for Patients - Prof. Addai-Mensah
[Ghanaian Times] Kumasi -- The new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Prof. Otchere Addai-Mensah, says strict discipline will be upheld and as long as he remains the CEO of the hospital. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 24, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Teaching trust names medic as new chief executive
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust has named Phil Wood as its new chief executive. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - January 24, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Gambia: EFSTH Dialysis Unit Express Gratitude to Trust Bank Limited
[Foroyaa] Shortly after receiving medical items worth D300,000 from Trust Bank Gambia Limited, the Dialysis Unit of Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital on Wednesday, 18th of January, 2023 expressed their appreciation to the Management and staff of the Bank. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 23, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Gambia: Trust Bank Presents Medical Items Worth D300k to EFSTH
[The Point] Management of Trust Bank on Wednesday presented medical items worth three hundred thousand (D300, 000.00) dalasis to the Dialysis Unit of the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 20, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Medical Residents Unionize Over Pay, Working Conditions
Physicians-in-training at top teaching hospitals across the country are joining unions, demanding higher pay and better working conditions. The Committee of Interns and Residents, the largest group representing doctors in residency and fellowship programs, said it added chapters at five teaching…#cir (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CMS Awards 200 New Medicare-Funded Residency Slots to Hospitals Serving Underserved Communities
Announces that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded the first 200 of 1,000 Medicare-funded physician residency slots to 100 teaching hospitals across 30 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. One hundred twenty-five of the residency slots are allocated for primary care, including obstetrics/gynecology, and 20 slots are allocated for psychiatry. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - January 9, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
