Financial analysts have said that 2022 may have been the worst year for hospital finances in decades. This year looks like it will be yet another year of financial underperformance, with rural providers in especially dire circumstances.
Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic partnered with mental health software provider Neuroflow last August to mitigate healthcare's burnout crisis by providing its nurses with the Philadelphia-based startup’s technology. A year later, the partners are saying more hospitals should roll out initiatives like this, as nurses who utilized NeuroFlow saw a quick and positive impact on their mental wellbeing.
Several healthcare entities that used Accellion's file transfer software now find themselves the victims of a data breach, including Trinity Health. The software had vulnerabilities that were exploited by cybercriminals, resulting in the exposure of personal health information.
There were nearly 600 healthcare data breaches in 2020, a 55% jump from 2019, a new report shows. Not only did the number of data breaches spike in the past year, but the average cost per breach increased by about 10%.
In an unusual move, 14 major providers — including Trinity Health, CommonSpirit Health and Tenet — have come together to launch a data analytics company. Insights derived from the company's platform will be available to providers, biopharma companies and scientific researchers working to advance patient care.
Civica Rx, announced earlier this year, formally established with $30 million in philanthropy money, a former Amgen exec as CEO and a focus on 14 drugs facing shortages.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
The Gates Medical Research Institute will develop products for malaria, tuberculosis, enteric and diarrheal diseases.
Four health systems — Intermountain Healthcare, Ascension, SSM Health and Trinity Health — and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will launch a nonprofit generic drug company, which will either directly manufacture generic drugs or sub-contract the manufacturing work.
The goal of the remote home health program is to reduce visits to the emergency room as well as inpatient admissions for high-risk patients.
Trinity Health is the first major user of emRxcelm, which integrates FamilyWize's prescription drug savings program with EHRs and into prescribers' workflows.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Dr. James Withers practices what he calls "street medicine," serving homeless people on the streets of Pittsburgh. It's a population that clearly has unmet health needs — and why he made the 2015 CNN Heroes list.
Health information exchange is making accountable care work in South Bend, Indiana, according to Dr. Brian Moloney, medical director of Select Health Network, a physician-hospital organization.
