St. Louis-based Ascension Health has named Katherine Arbuckle CFO, according to an Ascension news release.
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Stamford (Conn.) Hospital recently recorded a 6 percent operating margin in its most recent fiscal year, the eighth consecutive year it has recorded a positive margin, according to a hospital news release.
Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health System has lost a total of $55.9 million through the first six months of its 2012 fiscal year, compared with a profit of $2.1 million for last year's July through December period, according to WPAHS'…
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An analysis by the Altarum Institute's Center for Studying Health Spending revealed health spending growth has averaged 3.9 percent and has not exceeded 4.4 percent from October 2008-January 2011.
HHS' National Vaccine Advisory Committee has recommended healthcare facilities that cannot reach a 90 percent vaccination rate for employees should consider making the vaccination an employer requirement, according to an AHA News Now report.
Approximately one in six hospitals experiences "high rates" of central line-associated bloodstream infections, according to an analysis by NPR.
Infection reporting should be limited to complex surgical site infections diagnosed in inpatient settings in order to reflect a more accurate picture of a healthcare facility's quality, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha will begin offering a doctoral program in epidemiology this fall.
Three Nebraska healthcare organizations will take part in a study that will test a device designed to measure the cleanliness of various surfaces in patient rooms, according to a Regional West Health Services release.