Sepsis patients who develop hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infections experience increased mortality, lengths of stay and costs, according to a study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
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Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare Location: Clinton, Mo. Type of company: Hospital/health system Meet the organization: Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare includes a nonprofit acute-care hospital, home health services, three physician clinic locations and an offsite rehabilitation center. The organization conducts annual…
SourceMedical's Angie Hicks and Crozer-Keystone Surgery Center's Dr. Adam Hauser weigh in on the effect of recent legislation.
VHA Location: Irving, Texas Type of company: National network of nonprofit healthcare organizations Meet the organization: VHA consists of 12 regional offices; supply chain companies Novation and Provista; and aptitude, an online direct contracting market. VHA supports the community by…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved GlaxoSmithKline's Incruse Ellipta (umeclidinium) as a treatment for patients with chronic obsessive pulmonary disease, according to a Medscape report.
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Kaiser Permanente San Diego has filled two executive leadership positions, according to a U-T San Diego report.
The Government Accountability Office has released a report that found new government contractors used to screen healthcare providers has resulted in 17,000 providers being banned from billing Medicare.
Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Fla., has selected Phil Wright II as COO.
A federal grand jury has convicted a physical therapist, a physical therapy assistant and an unlicensed medical school graduate in a $15 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems in Beloit, Kan., has named Jeremy Armstrong CEO, effective June 16, according to a Hillsboro Star-Journal report.