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Surgeon charges and payments are not increasing at the same rate as hospital charges and payments for total hip arthroplasty, even with stable patient comorbidity rates and a decreasing length of stay, according to study results.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, patients with STEMI have been delaying first medical contact, perhaps because of reluctance to visit a hospital, according to a research letter published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

The implementation of a pediatric observation unit, or POU, reduced patient length of stay and conversion rates and increased patient satisfaction at a New York City hospital, according to a study published in BMJ Open Quality.

With more than 300,000 children with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions across the United States, and fewer than 350 pediatric rheumatologists to treat them, Monica L. Friedman, DO, of Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, is on the front lines of the growing rheumatology shortage.

Out-of-network billing has substantially increased among privately insured patients for both inpatient and ED visits, even when they go to in-network hospitals, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The hospitals with the best outcomes for in-hospital cardiac arrest were, compared with other hospitals, more likely to have rapid response teams without competing clinical responsibilities, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Cleveland Clinic has been named the No. 1 hospital in the country for cardiology and heart surgery by the U.S. News & World Report 2018-2019 Best Hospitals rankings.