Mercy Hospital Joplin (Mo.), which was destroyed by a tornado last year, will be the quickest and largest acute-care hospital to be built in the United States and meet the International Building Code requirements, according to a news release.
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HDMS has announced the launch of a Centers of Excellence reporting tool that aids health plans in assessing an individual facility's quality in treating certain conditions or performing certain procedures.
TeleTracking has announced it will offer a seminar March 21 through March 23 in Raleigh, N.C., on managing a hospital's transport department.
Management and consulting firm Enhance Healthcare announced that principals Howard Greenfield, MD, and Robert Stiefel, MD, will each present at the University of Chicago's 13th Anesthesia Billing and Practice Management Seminar May 4 to May 6 in Las Vegas.
One of the overall goals of healthcare reform is to move from a fragmented healthcare system to an integrated model that provides services more efficiently and at less cost. Within hospitals, this fragmentation is seen in the different silos in…
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Emergency room visits in the New River and Roanoke valleys in Virginia increased 4 percent from 2010 to 2011, bringing nearly 10,000 more people into hospital emergency departments, according to a Roanoke Times report.
Franciscan St. Anthony Health in Michigan City, Ind., will open its new Chesterton Health and Emergency Center March 19, according to a Northwest Indiana Times report.
Florence (Ariz.) Hospital at Anthem announced the opening of its new hospital after a little more than two years of construction.
St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center in Dickinson, N.D., has purchased approximately 32 acres for $1 million from the Stark County Park Board to build a new hospital and medical complex, according to a Dickinson Press report.
Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center in Davenport has begun its $9.5 million expansion, according to a Ledger report.