Quality and Safety
After Houston, El Paso, Austin and Dallas, this is an expansion to a fifth major Texas market.
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Precision dosing can help gear treatment to the patient, explains Sirj Goswami, CEO and cofounder of InsightRX.
The move is due to a critical staffing shortage that has contributed to the loss of approximately 500 medical/surgical and ICU beds.
The effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine has been shown to wane months after the second dose of the primary series.
Initial supply limitations forced the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to make difficult patient prioritization decisions.
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Sensato Cybersecurity CEO John Gomez talks about the cyber threat to medical devices.
The ratio of hospitalizations per number of new cases might show a less severe form of the virus, says Dr. Anthony Fauci.
The organizations are experiencing "unprecedented demand" for inpatient care, leaving many facilities at full capacity.
This week's top stories include TeamHealth winning its lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare for engaging in unfair reimbursement practices, and baby tech company Owlet pulling its connected-sock wearables following an FDA warning letter.
CMS is focused on identifying improvements that would increase organ donations, improve transplants and enhance dialysis care.