Telemedicine trends for 2022
March 25, 2022 – Telemedicine soared in 2020 due to the pandemic. Usage has plateaued since then, but it’s a safe bet it’s not going…
JHC’s Dail-eNews
COVID-19 care reimbursement for hospitals to stop due to lack of funds
March 24, 2022 – According to The Wall-Street Journal, those without health insurance will begin getting bills for COVID-19 treatments and testing after the Biden…
COVID variant BA.2 makes up 35% of U.S. cases
March 24, 2022 – Becker’s Hospital Review reports that the omicron subvariant BA.2 “accounts for more than one-third of COVID-19 cases nationwide and more than…
CommonSpirit Health and PCHI partner to bridge clinical and social care
March 24, 2022 – CommonSpirit Health is launching a new partnership with Pathways Community HUB Institute (PCHI), a national nonprofit that has developed an effective…
Pfizer granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for RSV vaccine candidate for older adults
March 24, 2022 – Pfizer announced that its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate, RSVpreF, received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the FDA for the prevention…
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery publishes recommendations for VTE best practices in orthopedics
March 24, 2022 – The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery published an International Consensus Statement (ICS) with recommendations on Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) – the result of a…
Baptist Health South Florida launches first startup company
March 24, 2022 – Baptist Health South Florida announced an agreement with Rehab Boost, a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI) to develop an innovative platform to…
Medtronic survey finds pandemic creating far-reaching and negative impacts on those with chronic back or leg pain
March 23, 2022 – A new survey commissioned by Medtronic and conducted by public opinion research firm The Harris Poll, finds nearly half (44%) of…
UPMC study suggests malaria drug could combat chemo-resistant head and neck cancers
March 23, 2022 – A new study suggests that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in head…
Intermountain Healthcare surpasses two million collected and processed COVID test since beginning of pandemic
March 23, 2022 – Intermountain Healthcare has hit a major medical milestone by surpassing two million COVID-19 tests that have been collected and processed since…