A range of variables feed into operating room efficiency, such as nursing, staffing, time distribution and supplies — just to name a few. Surgical staff, hospital administrators and physicians play different roles in each piece, which can often result in…
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Along with hopes of higher quality care and lowered costs, healthcare reform legislation has presented new regulations for healthcare organizations. The new regulation, in addition to previously established rules, can cause significant burdens for hospital CEOs. Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical…
Here are 10 states with the highest employment of healthcare workers in 2009, according to data published by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Healthcare employment includes several occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Standard Occupational Classification System, including medical and…
The newly built Virtua Voorhees (N.J.) Hospital is now open to the public, according to a hospital news release.
The increase in the per capita cost of healthcare services for the 12 months ending in March nearly hit a new low for Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Composite Index, after hitting an all-time high in May 2010, according to…
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Registered nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., have voted and ratified a new three-year contract with the hospital, under which patient ratios would be reduced to four to five patients per nurse during day and evening shifts and…
Saying it opposes further cuts in Medicare and Medicaid payments, the AHA proposed alternative measures to cut federal healthcare spending and add revenue, according to an AHA Action Alert to hospitals.
Jackson Health System, based in Miami, has cut 189 jobs in efforts to save money and reduce its debts, according to a Miami Herald news report.
Two New Jersey hospitals are going to the State Supreme Court to fight the reopening of Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, according to a report from The Record. The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood and Englewood Hospital and Medical Center are…
Two physicians are suing the partnership that owns a hospital within the Houston-based St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System over a buy-back offer that would clear the hospital of its physician investors, according to a Houston Chronicle report. Approximately 100 physicians…