Editor's Note According to a Kaufman Hall study, titled "Analysis: California Hospitals Endured Significant Financial Strain in 2021," published on April 19, and commissioned by the California Hospital Association, California hospitals collectively lost nearly $6 billion, “roughly three times the $2.2 billion that had been projected,” in 2021 and $14…

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Editor's Note According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, titled “Seroprevalence of Infection-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies — United States, September 2021–February 2022” and published on April 26, almost 60% of people living in the US, including 75% of children and adolescents, has contracted COVID-19, Becker’s Hospital Review…

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Editor's Note The 2022 Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) Conference & Expo kicks off today in Dallas, Texas, and OR Manager is present on the show floor. Come visit the OR Manager booth, #904! We will be distributing complimentary copies of the April 2022 issue of OR Manager, which includes…

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Editor's Note While hospitals and health systems may be willing to invest in spine robots, many of them are reconsidering the expense due to the increasing pace of outpatient surgery migration, Becker’s ASC Review April 26 reports. This is causing spine robot companies to pivot their strategy to become more…

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Editor's Note According to the New York State Department of Health, the establishment of mandatory sepsis protocols at all New York state hospitals is “estimated to have saved more than 16,000 lives between 2015 and 2019,” HealthLeaders April 26 reports. “Sepsis is the leading cause of in-hospital death” in the…

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Editor's Note A study, titled “Modeling comparative cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose fractionation in India” and published in February 2022 by Nature Media, found that administering smaller doses of the COVID-19 vaccines may be an economically viable way to save more lives than either fully vaccinating or not vaccinating in…

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Editor's Note According to a new report, titled “The State of Security 2022” from Software company Splunk, mass resignations and gaps in staffing may be contributing to cybersecurity companies’ inability to defend against certain cyberattacks, Becker’s Health IT April 25 reports. The report surveyed more than 1,000 cybersecurity leaders across…

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Editor's Note HCA Healthcare, the biggest health system in the US comprising 182 hospitals and some 2,300 ambulatory sides based in Nashville, Tennessee, announced on April 22 that its first quarter financial and operating results fell short of projections, HealthLeaders April 22 reports. Despite an increase in revenue, higher labor…

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Editor's Note According to an “estimate of excess mortality” by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, “more than 3 times” the known number of people who have succumbed to COVID-19 “may have died around the world due to direct and indirect effects” of the…

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Editor's Note A report published by Avalere, titled “COVID-19’s Impact on Acquisitions of Physician Practices and Physician Employment 2019-2021,” revealed that the overall number of corporate-owned physician practices has grown by 84% since 2019, Becker’s ASC Review April 21 reports. What this suggests, Becker’s noted, is an acceleration of corporate-driven…

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