Healthcare and life sciences organizations are moving quickly to develop AI applications for diagnostics, genomics and digital health. But many teams face practical challenges as projects scale, including limited access to compute resources, cloud latency and data privacy requirements that…
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Nursing shortages, bedside turnover and rising labor costs are forcing health systems to do more with less. Labor now accounts for nearly 60 percent of the average hospital’s expenses and replacing a staff nurse costs roughly $60,000. Every hour clinicians…
Chemotherapy drugs cisplatin, carboplatin, oxaliplatin and ifosfamide are in shortage again, but five health systems are managing without the treatment delays and drug rationing that defined 2023. Shortages of the drugs have been straining hospital supply chains since June, with…
Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has filed a Determination of Need application with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to reopen a radiation oncology clinic in partnership with Lawrence, Mass.-based Merrimack Health. The clinic would open on the Merrimack Health campus…
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S.¹ and one of the most common drivers of hospital readmission. One in five hospitalizations for COPD results in a return visit² — and for patients with…
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Among surveyed women, 84% said they were somewhat or very willing to use a self-sampling kit to test for human papillomavirus while receiving care in an emergency department, according to a study published July 7 in BMC Public Health. Researchers…
The American Cancer Society projects 5,800 new cancer diagnoses each day, adding pressure to cancer and infusion centers that already care for an estimated 650,000 to 1 million U.S. patients annually. According to LeanTaaS’ State of Cancer Centers in 2026…
Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based Catholic Health is collaborating with New York City-based Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center to offer cancer clinical trials and investigational drug programs. Through the collaboration, Catholic Health is now a member…
Worldwide, about one in five people will develop cancer during their lifetime, according to a report published July 8 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Led by researchers at the American Cancer Society and the World Health Organization’s International…
Hospitals chasing better readmission performance need to go deeper into the KPI level instead of shooting blindly. The data and KPIs point to the ED, where greater than 80% to 90% of readmissions arrive through the ED. That concentration is…
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