An increasing number of surgery patients are being co-managed by a surgeon and another clinician, such as a hospitalist or internal medicine subspecialist, according to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Knoxville, Tenn.-based Covenant Health recently opened LeConte Medical Center, a $115 million replacement hospital in Sevierville, Tenn., according to a report by Knoxville Biz.
Philadelphia-based Main Line Health has opened an 80,000-square-foot outpatient center in Media, Pa., according to a report by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf, a 25-bed facility in Port St. Joe, Fla., will open on March 15, according to a report by WJHG TV.
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals is starting construction on a 314-bed facility in Fontana, Calif., scheduled to open in fall 2013, according to a report by the Sun.
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Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Wash., is one of those rare hospitals that doesn't lose money on Medicare patients. Providence breaks even on them, even though its regional payor for Medicare pays about $1,000 less per enrollee than the…
After a bankruptcy filing in 2007 and a three-year financial struggle, Doctors Hospital in Shreveport, La. has closed, according to a report in the Shreveport Times.
There is a "growing consensus" that tighter clinical integration of hospitals and physicians is necessary, but there are different kinds of integration and the approach faces legal barriers, according to a new report by the American Hospital Association.
The board of regents for UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas has approved plans to build a new university hospital to replace the center's current facility, according to a report by the Dallas Morning News.
The International Anesthesia Research Society announced 10 grant recipients in 2009, committing over $1 million to anesthesia research and other projects that will advance the specialty of anesthesiology, according to an IARS news release.