Being at the tail-end of investment grade could pose some borrowing problems for hospitals and health systems, but there are still many opportunities to improve balance sheets and establish sound financing plans.
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For the most part, hospital stocks continued to flounder last week, as four out of seven hospital companies lost share value.
On Wednesday, April 24, three experts from Objective Health will present a webinar on how hospital and physician leaders can use data to reduce variations in care and make the transition toward value-based care.
Pittsburgh-based Select International, a healthcare employee assessment firm, has launched a safety blog, featuring experts and educational content for leaders to improve the safety culture within their organizations.
The "W"wordI'm a patient… you're a patient…we're all patients at one time or another. That means we have to wait. Waiting for a diagnosis, waiting for a test, waiting for results. Most people hate waiting, and your patients hate it…
A recent blog post by the Center for Health Care Emergency Readiness argues that the public health and healthcare sector is one of the weakest links in the "Homeland Security chain," arguing many healthcare facilities "are ill prepared to meet…
Healthcare costs across the nation are frequently described as unsustainably high, and advanced imaging tests and radiologists have been targeted as contributing to the problem.
There are five main obstacles that could hinder the spread of accountable care organizations and other coordinated care models, according to a United Hospital Fund report.
Texas has the highest percentage of uninsured adults, according to State Health Facts, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Leaders from Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care, which purchased a 20 percent stake in Independence Blue Cross-affiliated health insurer AmeriHealth, say the deal is a win for the provider, the insurer and consumers in the South New Jersey market…