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September 2021

Battling misinformation on TikTok has become ‘2nd job’ for some physicians

By Hannah Mitchell for Becker’s Hospital Review Physicians are going beyond their job duties to get on TikTok to debunk COVID-19 misinformation, according to a Sept. 28 11 Alive report. TikTok is reaching 1 billion users each month, which can make disproving dangerous cures, treatments and myths critical for COVID-19 pandemic recovery. Jayne Morgan, MD, the executive…

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Kaiser Permanente researchers push the envelope with AI and NLP

By Bill Siwicki for Healthcare IT News Although healthcare is squarely in the era of big data and data analytics, it remains difficult in clinical research to accurately identify patients with complex conditions like valvular heart disease through medical records. THE PROBLEM And if researchers cannot identify these patients, they cannot study them, track practice…

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7 ways hospitals are verifying employee vaccine cards to combat fakes

By Hannah Mitchell for Becker’s Hospital Review Hospitals are implementing several procedures to verify COVID-19 vaccine cards submitted by employees, as some employees have been linked to using fake cards to bypass vaccine mandates. Several employees at Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital have been fired for submitting fake vaccine cards to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. New…

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Hospitals projected to lose $54 billion in net income this year

By Susan Morse for Healthcare News Higher expenses for labor, drugs and supplies as well as a continuation of delayed care during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is projected to cost hospitals an estimated $54 billion in net income over the course of this year, according to a new Kaufman Hall analysis released by the American Hospital Association. Hospitals…

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