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By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance News When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, doctors and researchers rushed to find effective treatments, and since developing new drugs takes time, there was little of it to spare. In the short term, the most expedient option was to repurpose existing drugs. The subject drew the interest…
By HFN Staff for Healthcare Finance News All health systems and hospitals have struggled during the pandemic, in terms of both caring for patients who have COVID-19 and in staying above water financially. It’s closing in on a year since the pandemic ramped up in the United States. By mid-March 2020, all 50 states and…
Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review The American Medical Association on Jan. 19 published three Current Procedural Terminology codes for the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson. The codes allow for better tracking and data reporting by distinguishing the vaccine from others. The AMA published the new CPT codes so that electronic systems throughout the…
Kat Jercich for Healthcare IT News By using patient age, sex and daily clinical state, the machine learning model also predicts the probability of in-hospital mortality. A group of Israeli scientists published a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association this week showcasing how a machine learning model can predict the illness…
By Reenita Das for Healthcare IT The year 2020 has been a year unlike any other year in our history. It has impacted the fabric of our society and life – but most importantly it has changed the healthcare industry forever. The following 10 predictions that we have made for the global healthcare will define…
By Cohen Coberly for TechSpot In brief: Though global economies have begun to open up, the Covid-19 virus is still spreading throughout the world, infecting thousands of new people every day. To help curb the spread of the disease, MIT researchers have developed an AI model that can detect the virus’ presence in even asymptomatic…
By Mallory Hackett for Healthcare Finance The average cost of hospital care for COVID-19 patients without insurance or who receive out-of-network care varies greatly by age – from $51,389 for patients between 21- and 40-years-old to $78,569 for patients between 41 and 60 years old, according to updated cost analysis data from FAIR Health. Hospitalization…
From Modern Healthcare BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in the latest ominous sign about the disease’s grip on the nation, as states from Connecticut to Idaho reel under the surge. The impact is being felt in every section of the country — a lockdown starting…
By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed telehealth and remote work capabilities to the forefront of health systems’ agendas, according to KLAS Research. For its Top of Mind for Top Health Systems 2021: Digital health priorities in the era of COVID-19 report, KLAS Research partnered with Pittsburgh-based Center for Connected…
By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review The race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine will most likely bring about the most rapidly developed vaccine in history, but uncertainties still abound when it comes to a potential vaccine’s effectiveness, safety and ability to be administered to the world’s population. STAT compiled a list of seven key quandaries that scientists,…