Evidence-based medicine is an increasingly effective modality for improving clinical quality outcomes. The challenge is convincing caregivers to adopt proven, standardized procedures rather than follow their personal preferences. Michael Connelly, MA, JD, FACHE, president and CEO of Catholic Health Partners,…
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The recipients of allegedly medically unnecessary stents have filed a class-action lawsuit against Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, Penn., according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report. The lawsuit claims the hospital and two cardiologists — Ehab F. Morcos, MD and George M.…
A nurse from San Antonio-based Christus Santa Rosa Health System has filed a lawsuit against the Catholic system, claiming it knowingly allowed an abortion to be performed in 2009 and later fired her out of retaliation after she reported it…
HCA said its initial public offering of stock raised $3.79 billion, more than the $3.53 billion the company had expected, according to a news release by HCA.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is warning that Republican efforts to defund the healthcare reform law could end up halting all payments to Medicare Advantage plans, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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Philadelphia-based Aria Health hopes to build a new hospital and medical complex in Lower Makefield, Pa., near the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border, according to a report by The Intelligencer.
The last three years of turbulent market activity and volatility across all business sectors has left the bond market off track and has led to numerous rating downgrades. According to Moody’s, in 2010 downgrades again exceeded upgrades for U.S. not-for-profit…
The Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Brown Mills, N.J., has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Virtua Health, specific members of the health systems and three cardiology physician groups, according to a Philadelphia Business…
Karen Howey, administrator of Matrix Surgery Center in Saginaw, Mich., recommends talking to your physicians — especially those who have recently joined your facility — about the reliability of their preference cards. "We often say, 'We'll make sure you have…
Carla Daley Shehata, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health, discusses seven of the most common patient complaints in an ASC, as well as how to prevent them.