Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago is now under the management of a turnaround firm after its CEO and CFO were arrested on fraud charges in April, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
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The Harrisburg (Ill.) Cancer Center has announced its closure due to financial reasons, according to a Daily Register report.
Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and a respected healthcare writer, has launched his own think tank to address childbirth and end-of-life issues, according to a WBUR report.
The Cleveland Clinic's cardiovascular program has formed affiliations with Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk, Ohio, and The Bellevue (Ohio) Hospital, effective Sept. 1, according to a Plain Dealer report.
Cigna is launching two new collaborative accountable care initiatives, effective July 1: one with Baycare Health Partners, a physician hospital organization based in Springfield, Mass., and the other with Scottsdale Health Partners, a physician-led clinically integrated network created as a…
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A study from the July issue of Anesthesiology found that there is no difference in the length of time for which patients are hospitalized among those anesthetized with isoflurane, desflurane or sevoflurane.
Anesthesia Business Consultants, Medical Business Solutions and the Department of Anesthesiology at the Tulane University School of Medicine announced today that they will be partnering to host the first annual Advanced Institute for Anesthesia Practice Management.
Improving population health is one of the triple aims of healthcare reform, along with increasing healthcare quality and lowering cost. However, every hospital does not currently have the capabilities to manage population health, according to Richard Afable, MD, president and…
Here is a list of nine hospitals and health systems that in the past month have changed or announced plans to change their name, brand or both, beginning with the most recent announcement.
The Woodlands, Texas-based Victory Healthcare announced it will soon break ground on Victory Medical Center Fort Worth (Texas).