Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital plans to include an ambulatory surgery center in a new ambulatory medical center, according to a Connecticut Post report.
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Regulations introduced by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health would severely limit the ability of ASCs to provide care, according to an editorial by Linda Rahm, president of the Massachusetts Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers and administrator of Pioneer Valley…
Within one year, Oklahoma University Medical Center in Oklahoma City eliminated patient transfer denials after bringing the transfer center in-house and implementing new technologies and practices, according to a TeleTracking case study.
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System closed its 203-bed Henry Ford Macomb Hospital-Warren (Mich.) last month, but the system announced inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services will remain at the facility.
Panorama City, Calif.-based Mission Community Hospital is converting its San Fernando campus into a primary and specialty care clinic that will serve as a medical home, according to a Daily News report.
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Reforming our healthcare system: Slow but inevitable The healthcare industry in the United States is among the most fragmented, heavily regulated and inordinately complicated industries in the country. Despite the best efforts of many individuals, attempts to promote greater coordination…
TeamHealth has announced a strategic marketing alliance with Specialists On Call, a leading provider of hospital-based telemedicine consultations, to provide hospitals 24/7 bedside consultations with highly trained specialists 365 days a year.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton (N.J.) announced it has joined the Jefferson Neuroscience Network, part of the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience in Philadelphia, to expand its patients' access to neuroscience care.
Hospitals are struggling to make ends meet. Uncompensated care costs in 2010 nationally totaled $39.3 billion, according to the American Hospital Association. Government and insurance reimbursements barely cover expenses for some poorer communities' widespread and complicated problems. Recently Kenneth Davis,…