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Baxter Regional Medical Center (Mountain Home, AR) on Friday reported 55 staff members sick with COVID-19, including 25 who are nurses. As of Friday, there were 24 patients with COVID-19 at the hospital.The hospital is putting a temporary hold on non-emergency surgeries that would require an overnight stay. Hospital executives say the hospital has plenty …
Arkansas hospital reports 55 staff infected with COVID-19; ICU near capacityRead More
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Join us for The Journal of Healthcare Contracting and ANAE’s IDN Insights on December 9-11. You will hear how these IDNs measure successful contracts, selling to investor owned health systems, a Washington update, the challenges these health systems are facing through healthcare reform and a pandemic, how best in class suppliers formulate their product, and more! Tickets, …
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The nation’s largest Catholic system is dealing with a significant increase in supply costs to treat patients who have been infected by COVID-19. Nevertheless, it was able to eke out a 7.7% increase in operating revenues compared to the same period in 2019. CommonSpirit has also been buoyed by a $527 million jump in investment …
Despite COVID-19, CommonSpirit Health reports $800M quarterly profitRead More
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When the U.S. healthcare supply chain experiences panic buying, within the first four or five days, supply is wiped out faster than anyone can imagine. The moment the market signals a shortage, purchases increase tenfold the number of products relative to real demand. The only thing that stops the panic buy is how quickly a …
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Adnan Munkarah, Henry Ford Health System’s executive vice president and chief clinical officer, said positive COVID-19 tests at the health care provider were in the single digits a few weeks ago, but are now up to about 13% in the last few days. He said 18 to 20 Henry Ford Health System employees are testing positive for COVID-19 daily. …
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Premier and 34 member health systems partnered with DeRoyal Industries, a global medical manufacturer, to create a new joint venture dedicated to the domestic production of isolation gowns. A new entrant in the market, the joint venture will produce isolation gowns in an existing facility just outside Knoxville, Tennessee. Raw materials will primarily be sourced …
Premier, member health systems partner with DeRoyal to produce isolation gownsRead More
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Optimism around two promising coronavirus vaccines is quickly shifting to concerns that there won’t initially be enough doses for everyone, and distributing them nationwide will be a massive undertaking.The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, which represents state public health officials, told Congress last month that states need $8.4 billion for vaccine distribution — funds …
Vaccine optimism runs up against distribution challengesRead More
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Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) has signed an agreement under which it will acquire Intalere from Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City, UT).Intermountain Healthcare will now partner with Vizient for supply chain solutions and services, thereby expanding their current relationship with Vizient in clinical and cost analytics. The transaction is anticipated to close during Q1 2021, pending …