Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., has opened a new recovery area for transradial catheterization patients, according to a hospital news release.
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The number of U.S. adults using their mobile phones for health information or tools has more than doubled from 12 percent to 26 percent in the past year, according to a Manhattan Research news release.
Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are among the healthcare organizations that received a combined $34 million from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to develop, test and spread the use of new modules of the Comprehensive…
Sixteen hospital mergers and acquisitions were posted in the third quarter of 2011, nine fewer than the same quarter in 2010, according to Levin Associates’ Healthcare M&A Monthly report. The number of Q3 deals was 48 percent less than last…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a final notice that outlines a final list of infectious diseases to which emergency response employees can be exposed, guidelines describing circumstances under which exposure may occur and guidelines for determining…
The Illinois Legislature has passed a bill that would allow relatives of a deceased patient to receive their medical records without having to go to court, according to an Associated Press report in the Washington Examiner.
A lawsuit against Indiana’s first physician-owned hospital has been re-filed by its former operator, which claims hospital executives forced the hospital into bankruptcy, according to a Post-Tribune report. iHealthcare and Heartland Memorial Holdings owned Franciscan Physicians Hospital in Munster before…
A little more than half of physicians — 54 percent — believe electronic health records are safer than paper medical records, according to a Practice Fusion news release.
A federal grand jury in Denver is investigating the relationship between dialysis company DaVita and Denver Nephrology to determine whether kickbacks were involved in patient referrals, according to a Denver Post report. In 2008, DaVita sold 49-percent ownership in seven…
Political experts say Democratic leaders and supporters of the healthcare reform law may have a new opportunity if the Supreme Court decides to strike down the healthcare reform law's individual mandate, according to a Politico report.