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Workplace safety strategies 3 health systems are prioritizing now

Workplace violence and safety concerns continue to rise across healthcare settings, placing new pressure on clinical, operational and security leaders to adopt more connected, technology-driven approaches. In this discussion, executives from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, CHRISTUS Health, Integris Health and…

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Roy E. Alston, PhD
Damon Blankenbaker
Jeanne Venella, DNP, MS, CEN, CPEN
Elizabeth Sparks, MSN, RN, NE-BC

Why blood clots sometimes go undiagnosed — and what these medical societies are doing about it

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the third leading cause of cardiovascular death after heart attack and stroke, yet receives far less institutional attention than either. Nearly 900,000 Americans are affected by VTE each year, and an estimated 100,000 die annually. The…

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Novant hospital's pediatric behavioral ED stays drop from 6 weeks to 2.11 days

Pediatric behavioral health stays at Charlotte-based Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center have dropped from an average of four to six weeks to an average of 2.11 days, excluding four outliers, since working with North Carolina’s MORES crisis response program, North Carolina…

VA to expand virtual reality therapy initiative

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs selected Mynd Immersive — a digital therapeutics platform — alongside Meta, to help expand immersive virtual reality therapy services to 45 more VA medical centers nationwide. The effort is tied to the VA’s Pain…

New York hospital to add psychiatric emergency program

Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital, part of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, plans to add a dedicated comprehensive psychiatric emergency program as part of an emergency department expansion and renovation project. The program will be a secure behavioral health treatment unit within…

U of Missouri opens $54.8M autism care facility

The Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment at the University of Missouri opened a $54.8 million, 74,000-square-foot facility at the MU Health Care South Providence Medical Park in Columbia. Clinical operations at the center began in March, according to a…

Could autism care benefit from more therapy choices?

As autism diagnoses rise and Medicaid and commercial payers face growing cost pressures, some providers are pushing for broader therapy options beyond applied behavior analysis, which has historically been the principal therapy option offered. McLean, Va.-based Positive Development President Chad…

From manual counts to real-time intelligence: The shift to RFID for pharmacy inventory management

Medical supplies now account for 10.5% of the average hospital’s budget — yet many hospital pharmacies still rely on manual counts, spreadsheet logs and barcode workflows that lose visibility the moment inventory leaves the central pharmacy. As drug costs rise,…

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Hospitals embrace rapid opioid treatment in fentanyl era: Study

Hospital addiction clinicians reached consensus supporting rapid methadone initiation and several buprenorphine initiation strategies for patients with opioid use disorder using high-potency synthetic opioids, according to a May 7 study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from the Yale School…

Texas systems open 200-bed behavioral health center

The Permian Basin Behavioral Health Center held its grand opening as the region prepares to expand access to inpatient and outpatient mental healthcare services across West Texas. The 200-bed facility was developed through a partnership between the Odessa, Texas-based Ector…