Healthcare

Researchers at Mount Sinai use AI to detect COVID-19 in lung scans

By Kat Jerich for Healthcare IT News Researchers from New York-based Mount Sinai Health System have combined artificial intelligence, imaging and clinical data to rapidly detect COVID-19 in patients. In a study published this week in Nature Medicine, researchers used AI algorithms in conjunction with chest CT scans and patient history to quickly diagnose patients who…

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17 states where hospitals are largest employers

Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review Hospitals and health systems are the largest employers in 17 U.S. states, according to an analysis by 24/7 Wall Street, which runs a financial news and opinion company. For the analysis, 24/7 Wall Street examined the most recent employment counts for nonprofits and private and publicly held companies from company news…

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First-ever Cerner ‘virtual go-live’ helps one hospital roll out EHR during pandemic

Bill Siwicki for Healthcare IT News Macon Community Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital in rural Tennessee that was seeking to implement a Cerner electronic health record. THE PROBLEM Knowing the intense challenges rural hospitals across the country are facing with COVID-19, staff wanted to experience the benefits of a fully integrated digital system…

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10 cities most, least likely to bounce back from pandemic, per Moody’s Analytics

Anuja Vaidya for Becker’s Hospital Review Boise, Idaho, and Denver are among the U.S. cities with the best potential for recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, while Detroit and Los Angeles are among the cities that will struggle the most to recover, a new analysis shows, according to Forbes. The analysis, from Moody’s Analytics, considered…

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Masks prevent the spread of COVID-19, landmark analysis of 64 studies finds

By Mark Wilson for Fast Company As the U.S. healthcare system has been battling shortages of surgical masks, N95 respirators, and face shields, one lingering question has remained: Does all this PPE actually prevent someone from contracting COVID-19? Especially someone who is tasked with caring for COVID-19 patients day after day during long shifts in…

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13 thoughts on staying personally, professionally motivated through the pandemic

Scott Becker for Becker’s Hospital Review During a recent webinar, five panelists shared their strategies for staying motivated during the pandemic. The panelist were Samiksha Gupta, incoming management consultant for KPMG; Lourdes Paredes, managing director and wealth management chief anti-money laundering officer, Americas, for UBS; Justin Breen, founder and CEO of BrEpic Communications; Will Conaway,…

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Northwell ‘Hope Tracker’ at Madison Square Garden displays COVID-19 recoveries

By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review Northwell Health unveiled a mega board “Hope Tracker” outside Madison Square Garden in New York City this week to display the increasing number of COVID-19 patients who have recovered from the virus. The digital mega board will show the number of COVID-19 patients who have been discharged from the New…

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Guest post: Coding and documentation challenges related to syncope

By Alba Kuqi, MD, CICA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CSMC for ACDIS CDI Blog Codes for symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions from Chapter 18 of the ICD-10-CM coding manual cannot be used as principal diagnosis or reasons for outpatient encounters when related diagnosis has been established, they may be assigned as an additional diagnosis. Examples…

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