Mike Madewell, administrator of Panama City (Fla.) Surgery Center, a Nueterra facility, identifies three ways ambulatory surgery centers can improve relations with the surgeon's office.
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A new recovery area in Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center's cardiology department is the hospital's most recent strategy to improve cardiac patient flow, according to a Fort Gordon Signal news report.
Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill., received a record $349,829 at its 2010 Annual Workplace Giving Campaign, according to a news release.
Results from the American Academy of Family Physicians' national patient-centered medical home demonstration suggest launching such a care delivery model may be much more challenging than anticipated.
St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, N.Y., has added a new hybrid operating room as part of its new cardiac and vascular intensive care unit, according to a Times Union news report.
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Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine will provide anesthesia coverage for Martha's Vineyard Hospital in Dukes, Mass., according to a Martha's Vineyard Times report.
Cincinnati's Christ Hospital has begun construction on Christ Hospital Outpatient Center, according to a news release.
HDR, a global architecture, engineering and consulting firm, has acquired the Oklahoma City-based Cooper Medical, a firm providing integrated design and construction for healthcare facilities, according to an HDR news release.
Testifying before GOP-run House, Republican governors complained the healthcare reform law prevents them from making deep cuts in Medicaid as they struggle to balance their budgets, according to a report by the Hill.
The proposed Wisconsin budget advanced by Republican Governor Scott Walker includes a provision that would shift significant power over the state's Medicaid program from the legislature to the administration through the Department of Health Services, according to an Appleton Post-Crescent…