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In March, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl announced the city was launching a formal challenge to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's tax-exempt status. The city filed a lawsuit with the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County contesting UPMC's exemption from…
Charles L. Stewart, MHA, FACHE, serves as market CEO of Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates' Arkansas Market, which includes Fort Smith, Ark.-based Sparks Health System and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren, Ark. He most recently served as HMA's market…
Stephen B. Bonner will assume a new role as executive chairman of Schaumburg, Ill.-based Cancer Treatment Centers of America, and his former role of president and CEO will be filled by Gerard van Grinsven.
The importance of hospital preparedness for mass casualty incidents and public health emergencies was discussed in a webinar hosted by Maria Romano, clinical product consultant at TeleTracking, according to a TeleTracking blog post.
Lake Shore Health Care Center in Irving, N.Y., has completed phase one of its $2.6 million emergency department renovation, according to a report by The Observer.
CMS has updated two questions in the frequently asked questions section regarding electronic health record incentive programs.
New electronic health record systems with refinements, such as advanced clinical decision support, could lead to lower prescribing error rates over time, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
HHS announced that EHRMagic-Ambulatory and EHRMagic-Inpatient, both developed by EHRMagic of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., have had their certifications revoked by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
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