Success in the operating room depends on the coordination of multiple people and processes. Defining who the OR team is comprised of and being able to communicate with this team can facilitate this coordination and ultimately improve patient safety, quality…
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The Cleveland Clinic has opened the health center built to replace the now shuttered Huron Hospital in East Cleveland, Ohio, according to a Plain Dealer report.
John Di Capua, MD, is deputy CEO and chief medical officer of North American Partners in Anesthesia Corp.; vice president of anesthesia services of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System; and chairman and the Peter Walker Professor of Anesthesiology in…
Douglas L. Wood, MD, director for strategy and policy at the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, addressed members of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 30 at the Swissotel in Chicago on employers' role in reforming the nation's current…
Carrie Nelson, MD, medical director for special projects at Advocate Physician Partners, a contracting joint venture between the 10-hospital Advocate system and 3,900 physicians on staff at those hospitals, discusses ASCs and accountable care organizations. Read the full report in…
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The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new Affordable Care Act initiative designed to help primary care practices deliver higher quality, more coordinated and patient-centered care.
David Schlactus, board member of the Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and CEO of Hope Orthopedics of Oregon and Willamette Surgery Center, shares four ways ASCs can prepare themselves for involvement in an ACO-like model. Read the full report in…
Tennessee hospitals Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, NorthCrest Medical Center in Springfield and Williamson Medical Center in Franklin have affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, according to a Maury Regional news release.
VacaValley Hospital in Vacaville, Calif., will soon double the size of its hospital in a $118 million renovation project, according to a North Bay Business Journal report.
The Reading (Pa.) Hospital and Medical Center is planning a new $189 million surgical center that will consolidate the hospital's surgical services, according to a Reading Eagle report.