2012 has been quite a year for healthcare and for hospitals. During the last 12 months, the Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s signature healthcare reform legislation and several of its provisions that most impact hospitals went into effect. These changes,…
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St. Louis-based Ascension Health signed a memorandum of understanding with Tulsa, Okla.-based Marian Health System to acquire the three regional health systems that comprise Marian Health.
Chuck Adams, CEO of Royston, Ga.-based Ty Cobb Healthcare System, announced his resignation.
The 12 “Biggest” Hospital Stories of 2012 2012 has been quite a year for healthcare and for hospitals. During the last 12 months, the Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s signature healthcare reform legislation and several of its provisions that most…
Many hospitals implement health IT as enterprise-wide efforts because the process can be more efficient in the long run, especially for electronic health records, meaningful use and certain software upgrades. While it is quite an under-taking, the enterprise-wide approach often…
Rachel Gonzales, DM, RN, RODP, has served as CEO of Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho, since April 2012.
The healthcare industry made major progress in terms of health information technology implementation in 2012. Many hospitals and physicians began meeting meaningful use stage 1, and the final rules for stage 2 meaningful use were released. Also, hospitals and providers…
Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., is an academic medical center affiliated with Boston-based Tufts University School of Medicine and part of Baystate Health.
Using Information Optimization to Improve Revenue Cycle Management in Healthcare Data rich and information poor? It is no secret that healthcare costs have been increasing at an alarming rate over the last number of years. By most measures, healthcare spending…
Among the many challenges hospitals and health systems face today are aligning with physicians and managing population health. Lafayette (La.) General Medical Center found a successful strategy in monthly Heart Fairs that provide free electrocardiography screenings to patients and a…