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Mar 08 | Beth Jones Sanborn

CDC urges hospitals to step up their protections, protocols against staph infections

In 2017, more than 119,000 bloodstream staph infections occurred and 20,000 people died from them.…

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Mar 06 | Beth Jones Sanborn

Scott Gottlieb lauded for tough stance on tobacco and vaping, approval of new drugs at FDA

Policy experts and providers said his charge in the face of the tobacco industry and work to speed…

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Feb 20 | Jeff Lagasse

Reprocessing medical devices can result in significant savings for hospitals

Hospitals are nipping and tucking their supply chain spend by opting for half-price, reprocessed items like…

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Feb 14 | Susan Morse

Healthcare has so much data but we're 'probing in the dark,' expert says at HIMSS19

AI will spur innovation in technology that comes from sources other than healthcare that will help the…

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Jan 29 | Dave Muoio, Mobihealth News

Apple, Aetna collaborating on new Watch-driven wellness rewards program

The Attain program will combine members' health record data with activity tracking to offer personalized goals,…

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Dec 27, 2018 | Jeff Lagasse

Here's a big supply chain cost-savings opportunity: physician preference items

Physician preference items can help with patient care, but to get the most value, physicians and subject matter…

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Dec 19, 2018 | Susan Morse

Medicare diabetes patients file class action lawsuit against HHS Secretary Alex Azar

Diabetic patients on Medicare have filed a class action lawsuit against ...

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Nov 27, 2018 | Jeff Lagasse

Top 25 healthcare supply chains in 2018, as ranked by Gartner

Cleveland Clinic came in first, and has been in the top 10 in the ranking for the past three years.

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Oct 25, 2018 | Beth Jones Sanborn

BayCare Health installs first TechDeck technology store at HealthHub location

Consumers can use the TechDecks to measure blood pressure, weight and other metrics, then send those to doctors…

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Oct 18, 2018 | Jeff Lagasse

Hospitals spending $25 billion more on supply chain than they should, study finds

Savings opportunities are fairly equal across hospital size, location, and whether the facility is urban or…

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