Patients' access to their electronic medical records is associated with increased utilization of health services, according to a study in Journal of the American Medical Association.
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The following hospital executive moves occurred last week week, beginning with the most recent.
For hospital executives who thought 2012 was a tough financial year, 2013 may be even more constricting.
This April, Alan Strauss officially became CFO of Carondelet Health Network, a three-hospital system based in Tucson, Ariz., that is also home to the world-renowned Carondelet Neurological Institute.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently ruled (pdf) that a 2004 HHS rule change in how Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments were calculated must be vacated due to the department's "gravely flawed" rulemaking process.
An overwhelming majority of Vanguard Health Systems shareholders have approved the 2012 executive compensation packages for the Nashville, Tenn.-based company's executives, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Glenview Capital Management has grown its ownership of Franklin, Tenn.-based hospital operator Community Health Systems, as the New York City-based hedge fund now owns 7.65 million CHS shares — roughly 8.4 percent of CHS' outstanding shares, according to a recent…
St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock, Ark., has laid off 29 employees and eliminated another 21 open positions, according to a KTHV report.
A new law in Georgia that requires physicians and other health professionals to prove their legal residency when renewing their professional licenses is causing problems due to a lack of administrative resources, according to an American Medical News report.
Dartmouth College and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., have partnered with the Indian Health Service to promote the health of Native Americans and develop leaders in the Native American community, according to a Boston Globe report.