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Hospitals to Disclose Rates Negotiated With Health Insurance Companies
As of January 2021, they will need to disclose negotiated rates with individual insurers, information that always has been closely guarded, under a final rule issued by CMS.
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Delivering AEDs by Drone Shows Promise in Recent Trial
Investigators are looking for solutions to help cardiac patients in remote areas.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Intestinal Yeast Revisited — With a New Angle; Preemptive Steroids for TB/HIV Treatment; Fluoroquinolone for Exposure to Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing in Cystic Fibrosis — An Unfortunate Failure
The results of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of respiratory isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis failed to predict outcomes of antibiotic therapy.
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Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection: Better Outcomes With Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Than With Antibiotics
Relative to vancomycin or metronidazole treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, treatment with fecal microbiota transplantation is associated with a reduced risk of bloodstream infection, shorter hospital length of stay, and improved survival.
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Fatal Bacteremia Due to Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
Two patients developed bacteremia due to an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli that had been transmitted to them via stool transplantation.
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Enforcement Action Follows Predictable Path, Starts With a Letter
A healthcare organization’s involvement with OCR may begin with a simple letter acknowledging a complaint and providing guidance documentation related to it. For a more serious concern, OCR will assign a case number and ask for substantial information, such as policies and staff education records.
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Uninfected Children Exposed Prenatally to HIV Exhibit Language Delays
In South Africa, uninfected children exposed to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exhibit delays in receptive and expressive language at 24 months compared to non-HIV-exposed children.
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Avoid Most Common HIPAA Violations With Best Practices, Education
HIPAA breaches can happen even to the best prepared healthcare organizations, but knowing the most common failings can improve your chances of staying in the good graces of the Office for Civil Rights.
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Colonization With Clostridioides difficile Frequently Leads to a Misdiagnosis of Healthcare-Associated Infection
A prospective cohort study from a single institution found 27% of patients diagnosed with healthcare-associated C. difficile infection were colonized with the same isolate on admission.