Four Pennsylvania state senators sent a letter to Gov. Tom Corbett, arguing the pending merger between Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark and West Penn Allegheny Health System could hurt small local hospitals if safeguards are not put in place, according to…
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Acute-care facilities in Florida reported five common causes of antimicrobial misuse in a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
American Society of Anesthesiologists President John Zerwas, MD, wrote a letter to the editor about intraoperative awareness while under anesthesia that was published in the April issue of The Atlantic.
Budget cuts, proposed in both the Kansas House and Senate, would lead to the discontinuation and reduction of medicine programs at University of Kansas' campuses in Wichita and Salina, according to a report by The Wichita Eagle.
The National Nurses Union is putting pressure on council members in Washington, D.C., to pass legislation that would require all D.C. hospitals to adhere to nurse-to-patient ratios within four years, according to a Washington Business Journal report.
Cornerstone Health Care, a Highpoint, N.C.-based physician group with more than 365 physicians, has partnered with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina to form an accountable care organization.
Orlando (Fla.) Regional Medical Center is ending hospital services at its Lucerne Pavilion early this summer — sooner than expected — and the change will involve layoffs, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.
An explosion at a fertilizer plant Wednesday night in the small Texas city of West has forced area hospitals to ramp up their crisis management plans.
Cook County commissioners approved a $2.6 million settlement to three physicians who, in two federal lawsuits, claimed they were illegally laid off in 2007 from Provident Hospital in Chicago, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Physicians, nurses and other clinicians in local practices have important leadership roles that affect the success of coordinated care delivery models, according to an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine.