Physicians who are part of value-based care delivery models believe the pharmaceutical industry can play a larger role in accountable care organizations and other value-based models, according to a survey conducted by Oliver Wyman.
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Des Moines-based Iowa Health System today announced it will change its name to UnityPoint Health, effective immediately.
San Antonio is the seventh-largest U.S. city by population and second-largest in Texas. A year ago, it was one of the only large cities in the country without a freestanding children's hospital; New York City and San Jose, Calif., were…
Wilmington, Del.-based Christiana Care Health System will open its $34 million freestanding emergency department in Middleton, Del., Tuesday, according to a Middleton Transcript report.
Memorial Hermann Katy (Texas) Hospital announced plans to construct a $70 million patient tower on its campus, according to a report by The Rancher.
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In an effort to improve care for young patients, hospitals and health systems are expanding and renovating their pediatric facilities. Here are six of the largest pediatric expansions in the past month, starting with the most recent.
Nearly 9 percent of Veterans Health Administration patients visited an emergency department once in 2010, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Womack Army Medical Center in Fort Bragg, N.C., has announced $23 million in renovations that includes expansions of the mother/baby unit and emergency department, according to a report in The Fayetteville Observer.
A recent blog post by the Center for Health Care Emergency Readiness argues that the public health and healthcare sector is one of the weakest links in the "Homeland Security chain," arguing many healthcare facilities "are ill prepared to meet…
There are five main obstacles that could hinder the spread of accountable care organizations and other coordinated care models, according to a United Hospital Fund report.