Patients at U.S. hospitals are experiencing the longest wait times in emergency departments since 2002, when they were first tracked, according to a Press Ganey Associates news release.
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The California Department of Public Health recently launched a pilot program that will allow six hospitals without cardiac surgery programs to perform emergency and non-emergency angioplasty, according to a report by the Roseville Press Tribune.
Louisville, Ky.-based Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare's bond rating has been downgraded for a second time from a "A" to an "A-", according to a Business First report.
The North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation has approved Raleigh, N.C.-based Rex Healthcare's certificate of need application to build the N.C. Cancer Hospital at Rex, according to a news release by the health system.
Abbeville (S.C.) Area Medical Center recently underwent a revenue cycle review that identified inefficiencies that, if addressed, would increase revenues by $200,000 a year, a big improvement for this 25-bed critical access hospital.
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An update to Massachusetts Hospital Association's April 2010 hospital costs report showed substantial lowering of hospital cost increases during 2009 and the beginning of 2010, according to an MHA report.
The Kentucky Hospital Association has released its latest economic impact report, which shows that hospitals in the state spent more than $5 billion on salaries, supplies and services in 2008, according to a news release by the KHA.
Vista Health System, based in Waukegan, Ill., broke ground on a $3.9 million freestanding emergency department in Lindenhurst, Ill., which will provide 24-hour emergency services to area residents, according to a news release by the health system.
Pennsylvania court records showed medical malpractice filings dropped from 2,632 in 2000 to 1,533 in 2009, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Two recent studies suggest that hospital inpatients are indeed sicker than in the past, raising concerns about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services decision to reduce payments under the inpatient prospective payment system by 2.9 percent for fiscal year…