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Teresa Ruvalcaba lay on a bed in the emergency room of Chicago s Mount Sinai Hospital, her right breast swollen to nearly twice the size of her left, the skin so thick and dimpled that the doctor examining her would note that it resembled an orange peel.
Ojalá que sólo sea una infección, she thought, as she struggled to catch her breath, not knowing she had a partially collapsed lung.
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RUSH HELPS REVISE NEW CMS HOSPITAL STAR RATINGS: Nearly one-third of hospitals scored higher star ratings under CMS new methodology that s meant to create a clearer picture of quality and safety, according to data released Wednesday.
It s the first time CMS has applied the new methodology, and 45% of hospitals received the same star rating as before. Nearly a quarter, 22.7% of acute-care hospitals, had worse ratings.
Fourteen percent of hospitals under the new methodology received five stars, including Rush University Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital. Both hospitals had 5-stars under the earlier formula, and clinicians and others from the Rush helped shape the new methodology.
Leonor Soberanis, an employee at Ferrara Candy, receives her Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Trevon Harvy on April 15 in Chicago. ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS
So far, roughly 213 million COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the United States, with more than a quarter of the nation fully vaccinated. The virus is still spreading, with cases rising in many parts of the country.
Each time the virus transmits is another opportunity for a mutation to occur, potentially creating a new â and possibly more problematic â strain of the virus. The Biden administration recently allocated $1.7 billion to fight these troubling variants.Â
Earlier this month, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago launched an advanced molecular lab dedicated to monitoring and mitigating new strains, in the hopes of preventing outbreaks and further spread.