The new reporting requirement via the Ventilated Patient Form (VPF) collects standardized data on deceased patients who were ventilated during their terminal hospital admission and referred to an organ procurement organization (OPO) as potential deceased organ donors. This information is intended to help HRSA better understand how patients are referred for potential organ donation, and how […]

Join this session for a comprehensive clinical overview of suzetrigine, a non-opioid pain signal inhibitor used in the management of moderate-to-severe acute pain, including postoperative pain. The session will explore suzetrigine’s mechanism of action and findings from clinical studies evaluating it, and will then discuss real-world experiences in using suzetrigine in clinical practice.

Hospitals and health systems have increasingly become targets of cyberattacks and the number of these incidents continues to rise.  Cyberattacks are costly, can disrupt services for varying periods of time and result in effects to patients, the healthcare team, health systems and its community.  This program highlights the experience and lessons learned as a result […]

Value-based care is changing how hospitals are measured. Under the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), accountability for cost and quality extends past discharge. Much of that window plays out in a skilled nursing facility (SNF), where hospital visibility usually stops. One in four Medicare patients discharged […]