Medicare Cost reports have a huge amount of hospital related data

Located in Riyadh, Dallah Hospital Al Nakheel is renowned for its comprehensive healthcare services and patient-centric approach. The hospital has integrated advanced Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems, facilitating seamless communication between departments and enhancing patient care. The adoption of LIS has streamlined laboratory operations, ensuring timely and accurate diagnostic results. Dallah Hospital Al Nakheel’s commitment to excellence is further evidenced by its accreditation from Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) for Medical Travel Services.

In recent years, the healthcare industry in Dubai has witnessed rapid advancements, especially in the integration of technology to improve patient care and operational efficiency. At the heart of this transformation lies the HIS Hospital Information System , a powerful solution designed to streamline healthcare processes and deliver superior services. As a leading global hub for medical tourism and innovation, Dubai continues to embrace cutting-edge technologies like hospital information systems to ensure healthcare excellence.

Looks like their tolerance for workplace violence is actually somewhat greater than zero.

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!- reference : Maria Kozhevnikov - neuroscientist at National University of Singapore, Massachusetts General Hospital - Nangchen tow, Amdo region of Tibet - testing if g-tummo vase breathing technique could raise core body temperature. One monk raised body temp to that normally associated with a fever - published results in PLOS One

Macdonald, V. (2022, January 27). Covid: Plan B measures lifted in England, despite health leaders’ warnings. Channel 4 News. https://www.channel4.com/news/covid-plan-b-measures-lifted-in-england-despite-health-leaders-warnings

Weaver, M. (2022, January 4). Omicron infections may have plateaued in London, Neil Ferguson says. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/04/omicron-infections-may-have-plateaued-in-london-neil-ferguson-says

Summers, D. (2021, September 24). I Am So Tired. https://www.arcdigital.media/p/i-am-so-tired

Hunderte Menschen protestierten gegen Corona-Maßnahmen. (2021, November 28). www.t-online.de. https://www.t-online.de/-/91225726

Kadambari, S., Goldacre, R., Morris, E., Goldacre, M. J., & Pollard, A. J. (2022). Indirect effects of the covid-19 pandemic on childhood infection in England: Population based observational study. BMJ, 376, e067519. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2021-067519

(((Howard Forman))). (2022, January 30). New York City Update Cases down 67%. Positive rate down to 3.8%, lowest since 12/12. Hospital census down 33%, lowest since 12/28. New admits lowest since 12/21. Getting closer and closer to pre-Omicron levels. Https://t.co/c6H98PUA0E [Tweet]. @thehowie. https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1487582265551077387

Govedarica, S. (2022, March 19). Österreich führt wieder Maskenpflicht in Innenräumen ein. tagesschau.de. https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/oesterreich-corona-129.html

Campbell, D., Sabbagh, D., & Devlin, H. (2022, January 7). Military deployed at London hospitals due to Omicron staff shortages. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/military-deployed-at-london-hospitals-due-to-omicron-staff-shortages

ReconfigBehSci [@SciBeh]. (2022, January 18). RT @TornPacific: @united_oz @MarcTennant https://t.co/9AgqRZSjAc [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1483345375666872322

Mahan Ghafari | ماهان غفاری on Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved April 29, 2022, from https://twitter.com/Mahan_Ghafari/status/1446196548904366092

Charting the COVID-19 spread: How Australia is faring. (2020, March 16). ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-17/coronavirus-cases-data-reveals-how-covid-19-spreads-in-australia/12060704

Dr Dominic Pimenta [@DrDomPimenta]. (2021, December 15). An illustration of communicating risk with “less severe” variants: [Thread] Assume Omicron is 4x more transmissible than Delta. [1] Assume Omicron leads to 1/3 less admissions than Delta. [Figure below] Assume 1 in 100 cases of Delta are admitted to hospital. Https://t.co/XtnVwoOrUo [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/DrDomPimenta/status/1471094002808242177

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘@STWorg @PhilippMSchmid @CorneliaBetsch and every now and then we have to watch a clip like this to be reminded what all of this is really about. This pain and suffering is happening in one of the richest countries in the world at a time in the pandemic when we know exactly what to do to avoid it’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 22 April 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1464662622440144896

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD [@PeterHotez]. (2021, December 14). 6. I was really hoping we would get the holidays in before the omicron wall hit. Doesn’t look like it https://t.co/X3Kud2ybdQ [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/PeterHotez/status/1470895433518133252

Allyson Pollock [@AllysonPollock]. (2022, January 4). The health care crisis is of governments making over three decades. Closing half general and acute beds, closing acute hospitals and community services,eviscerating public health, no service planning. Plus unevidenced policies on testing and self isolation of contacts. @dthroat [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/AllysonPollock/status/1478326352516460544

Wallis, C. (n.d.). COVID Has Pushed Medical Research into Remote Trials, Benefiting Patients and Scientists. Scientific American. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0521-24

(20) Prof. Christina Pagel on Twitter: “THREAD (a bit delayed) on UK & covid: TLDR: flattish cases overall are masking differences between nations, regions & age groups. And we’re still out of whack with Europe. 1/20” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved October 4, 2021, from https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1443261013911085056

David Fisman. (2021, December 15). HEPA air cleaners in hospital...lets compare cost to ECMO. ECMO course in the US costs around $93,000 CDN; US cost:charge ratio is around 0.2, so let’s say that’s $20,000 CDN. That’s the cost of 50 high end hepa air cleaners! Or you could do 250 CR boxes at around $80 a pop. [Tweet]. @DFisman. https://twitter.com/DFisman/status/1471259305961828355

(((Howard Forman))). (2021, June 28). There are few more compelling graphics to demonstrate how effective vaccines are: 80+% reduction in hospital admissions for the group most vaccinated. <40% reduction in admissions for the group least likely to be vaccinated. [Tweet]. @thehowie. https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1409492774009847810

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘@Holdmypint @ollysmithtravel @AllysonPollock Omicron might be changing things- the measure has to be evaluated relative to the situation in Austria at the time, not Ireland 3 months later with a different variant’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 25 March 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1487130621696741388

Prof. Christina Pagel 🇺🇦. (2022, March 8). What could be causing it? Likely combo of: 1—Dominant BA.2 causing more infections (we await ONS!) 2—Reduction in masks, self-isolation & testing enabling more infections 3—Waning boosters in older people esp I worry that we will be stuck at high levels for long time. 2/2 https://t.co/xZ2SLFNVkS [Tweet]. @chrischirp. https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1501250081693048838

ReconfigBehSci. (2022, January 26). RT @chrischirp: One consequence of the Omicron epidemic moving from.older people into children is dropping hospital admissions. Fewer adm… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1486618430182731776

Eric Feigl-Ding on Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved 21 March 2022, from https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1501778936942010370

Lock, S., Otte, J., Gayle, D., & Ambrose, T. (2022, January 11). Record numbers admitted to US hospitals with coronavirus; Sweden to introduce stricter curbs – as it happened. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/jan/10/covid-live-news-40-of-israel-could-be-infected-in-current-wave-germany-to-study-rapid-antigen-test-reliability-for-omicron

Barnes, O., & Burn-Murdoch, J. (2022, January 7). Covid hospital admissions in Greater Manchester surpass last winter’s peak. Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/6a8a52f3-d940-4d70-a30b-111a3a646089

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘RT @swe_homegirl: An entire maternity ward has Covid in Gothenburg, Sweden. 🥲 https://t.co/ZmlSxDWeYZ’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 29 March 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1478984105018765314

ReconfigBehSci. (2022, January 6). RT @GidMK: Perhaps unsurprisingly, this is an absolutely awful study filled with issues and numeric mistakes https://t.co/hvEv5gMMn2 [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1478987492552589314

Health sector facing ‘challenges not seen in a century’ as Victoria issues rare Code Brown. (2022, January 17). ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-18/victoria-records-more-covid-19-deaths-hospitalisations-and-cases/100762978

Ben Bradshaw. (2021, October 19). Very disappointing non-answer from the Health Secretary to my question why the U.K. has the highest #Covid19 infection, hospitalisation & death rates in Western Europe. Https://t.co/jrxb872YpB [Tweet]. @BenPBradshaw. https://twitter.com/BenPBradshaw/status/1450426408614993923

Carl Baker. (2022, February 11). When I last updated this chart in September, the maximum y-axis value was ~120. Https://t.co/Fhywj3xweI [Tweet]. @carlbaker. https://twitter.com/carlbaker/status/1492096944390475798

Jorge A. Caballero, MD (jorgecaballero.eth). (2022, January 10). 🧵/ I just spoke with two journalists about data that shows how the U.S. healthcare system is collapsing before our eyes. The million dollar question during both interviews was, “What else could we be doing right now?” The answer: Flatten the hospitalization curve. Now. [Tweet]. @DataDrivenMD. https://twitter.com/DataDrivenMD/status/1480607009867132928

Seth Trueger. (2022, February 4). “Many drivers are complaining they have to use brakes despite wearing their seatbelts at all times” https://t.co/gXWiiaJrN9 [Tweet]. @MDaware. https://twitter.com/MDaware/status/1489491410990546950

Berger, Eric. ‘As Omicron Peaks, the US Healthcare System Is Left “Broken beyond Repair”’. The Guardian, 4 February 2022, sec. Society. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/03/us-coronavirus-healthcare-system-providers.

Elaine Maxwell. (2022, February 3). In the latest @ONS estimates of #LongCovid (up to 2nd Jan 2022), only 87 thousand of the 1.33 million cases were admitted to hospital with their acute Covid19 infection. [Tweet]. @maxwele2. https://twitter.com/maxwele2/status/1489179055412989953

US government moves to end daily COVID-19 death reporting by hospitals. (n.d.). World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved February 2, 2022, from https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/01/15/hhhs-j15.html

ReconfigBehSci. (2022, January 28). We’ve had at least 4 months of European governments tailoring policy to hospital capacity, not cases per se—So why are we still seeing arguments against the effectiveness of those policies based solely on cases, and not the actual target function? @AllysonPollock [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1487038050899222528

French, G. (2021). Impact of Hospital Strain on Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic—United States, July 2020–July 2021. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 70. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7046a5

Infectious Diseases. (2022, January 26). In France, a recent rise in hospitalizations raises the concern that BA.2 may not just be the harmless wake of BA.1’s powerboat Yellow line—Hospital admission Black line—Death in hospital Red line—ICU admission [Tweet]. @InfectiousDz. https://twitter.com/InfectiousDz/status/1486306246823391237

Backed By Science: Here’s How We Can Eliminate COVID-19 - Health Policy Watch. (2022, January 23). https://healthpolicy-watch.news/93258-2/

casey briggs. (2022, January 22). Both Victoria and New South Wales are seeing continued improvement in COVID-19 hospitalisation https://t.co/O9rB6rqeIV [Tweet]. @CaseyBriggs. https://twitter.com/CaseyBriggs/status/1485013320336052227

Murray, J. (2022, January 21). ‘Care hotel’ set up in Norwich to relieve ‘unprecedented’ pressure on hospitals. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/21/care-hotel-set-up-in-norwich-to-relieve-unprecedented-pressure-on-hospitals

Halliday, J., & correspondent, J. H. N. of E. (2022, January 17). ‘Christmas was awful’: On the Omicron frontline at the Royal Preston hospital. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/17/christmas-was-awful-on-the-omicron-frontline-at-the-royal-preston-hospital

Yong, E. (2021, December 16). America Is Not Ready for Omicron. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/12/america-omicron-variant-surge-booster/621027/

Connolly, K. (2021, December 28). German court rules disabled people must be protected in Covid triage cases. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/28/german-court-disabled-people-covid-triage

Jorge A. Caballero, MD. (2021, December 30). 544 children with #COVID19 were admitted to U.S. hospitals yesterday—This shattered the previous single-day record that was set 2 days ago (421) source: HHS (https://healthdata.gov/Hospital/COVID-19-Reported-Patient-Impact-and-Hospital-Capa/g62h-syeh) https://t.co/bOUylcyZlV [Tweet]. @DataDrivenMD. https://twitter.com/DataDrivenMD/status/1476357620550148100

David Spiegelhalter. (2022, January 6). Good news: Admissions for flu not quite as tiny as last year, but close. Https://gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports-2021-to-2022-season https://t.co/YILvkQ4Vqu [Tweet]. @d_spiegel. https://twitter.com/d_spiegel/status/1479139047515856901

Prof. Christina Pagel. (2022, January 10). I agree with pretty much all of this @FT article https://ft.com/content/e200156f-2e5a-4165-8aa2-28c24fe3c036 https://t.co/zhqPpqdyn7 [Tweet]. @chrischirp. https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1480568139947692041

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘RT @TravellingTabby: Https://t.co/pFl7I2Bufy Today is the first time in almost three weeks that the positivity rate has been under 20%! A…’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 12 January 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1481297611562827776

Ibbitson, J. (2022, January 11). Refusing the COVID-19 vaccine comes with a price. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-refusing-the-covid-19-vaccine-comes-with-a-price/

Nardi, C. (2022, January 11). Quebec plans to hit unvaccinated with a ‘significant’ tax. National Post. https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/quebec-working-on-new-significant-health-tax-for-the-unvaccinated

Reguly, E. (2022, January 10). Support growing among European governments for COVID-19 vaccine mandates as Omicron cases surge. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-compulsory-covid-vaccine-mandates-are-coming-to-europe/

Cowper, A. (2022). Omicron: Who needs action when you’ve got Plan B? BMJ, 376, o15. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o15

Meaghan Kall. (2022, January 3). ⚠️ Warning on death data on https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk NHS England has not reported hospital deaths since 1 January. The backlog will be reported Wednesday. Data are incomplete yesterday, today and tomorrow. Expect a bigger number reported on Wednesday. [Tweet]. @kallmemeg. https://twitter.com/kallmemeg/status/1478049788159569929

Stephen Reicher. (2022, January 3). NHS Chiefs: “Hospitals in Crisis” Head Teachers: “Schools in Crisis” Prime Minister: “Crisis? What Crisis?” (i.e. You will have to sort it out without any support from us) https://t.co/OWDdGFrWl2 [Tweet]. @ReicherStephen. https://twitter.com/ReicherStephen/status/1478124355431419904

Jewett, C. (2021, November 4). Patients Went Into the Hospital for Care. After Testing Positive There for Covid, Some Never Came Out. Kaiser Health News. https://khn.org/news/article/hospital-acquired-covid-nosocomial-cases-data-analysis/

Davis, Nicola, and Nicola Davis Science correspondent. ‘England Reports Record 113,638 New Covid Cases on Christmas Day’. The Guardian, 27 December 2021, sec. World news. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/27/uk-reports-daily-figure-of-98515-new-covid-cases.

Baig, Abdul Mannan. ‘Counting the Neurological Cost of COVID-19’. Nature Reviews Neurology 18, no. 1 (January 2022): 5–6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-021-00593-7.

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, December 22). RT @Rebeccasmt: Exclusive: Hospitals plan for ‘mass casualty’ event with up to one-third of staff sick https://t.co/bwA1s80SgZ [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1473604922910380032

Facebook, Twitter, options, S. more sharing, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Email, URLCopied!, C. L., & Print. (2021, December 17). Op-Ed: How can we prevent a second winter of despair with Omicron? Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-12-17/op-ed-averting-a-second-winter-of-despair-with-omicron

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Jeffrey-Wilensky, Jaclyn, and Caroline Lewis. ‘NY Nursing Homes See Overnight Surge In Employee COVID Vaccinations Thanks To State Mandate’. Gothamist, 1 October 2021. https://gothamist.com.

West Country Bylines. ‘Covid-19: 2 Months since “Freedom Day”, but Where Are We Now?’, 1 October 2021. https://westcountrybylines.co.uk/covid-19-2-months-since-freedom-day-but-where-are-we-now/.

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Kenneth Baillie. (2021, October 27). When a healthcare system fails, increasing numbers of people suffer and die needlessly. That’s all. If you aren’t a patient or staff, you don’t see it. But this is happening, now, all over the UK. 2/n [Tweet]. @kennethbaillie. https://twitter.com/kennethbaillie/status/1453422360795680769

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