Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center has opened the new Thoracic Surgery and Lung Center, a comprehensive program to prevent, detect and treat patients with lung cancer and other chest- or lung-related diseases, according to a TCPalm.com report.
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Los Angeles-based UCLA Health System has launched the Daltrey/Townshend Teen & Young Adult Cancer Program to serve teen and young adult cancer patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, according to a health system news release.
Fifty-nine percent of healthcare organizations have increased their IT budgets dedicated to information security in the past year, according to the 2011 HIMSS Security Survey (pdf).
U.S. patients have less control over the sharing of their electronic health records compared to European patients, according to a study (pdf) in the Journal of Science & Technology Law.
A hard drive containing information on 16,288 UCLA Health System patients was stolen on Sept. 6, according to a health system news release.
Due to lack of sufficient funding, the Illinois Department of Public Health declined to investigate 85 percent of 560 complaints it received last year regarding hospital quality, according to a Chicago Tribune report. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC…
In response to the growing prevalence of post-surgical periprosthetic infections, researchers have proposed criteria that would shape a new definition for periprosthetic joint infections, according to a Thomas Jefferson University news release. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review…
Influential physician groups, such as the American Medical Association and American Medical Group Association, are beginning to warm up to CMS’ accountable care organization program. The groups had previously expressed disappointment with CMS’ proposed rule for ACOs, which they found…
University Hospital in Louisville, Ky., has filed a lawsuit against the American Civil Liberties Union, a local newspaper and local news network that have requested documents on the hospital’s proposed merger, according to a Courier-Journal report. University Hospital filed the…
Researchers at RTI International found the commercial disease management model did not translate to reduced hospital admissions or emergency room visits or costs of care among fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on the study…