Vanguard Health Systems, based in Nashville, Tenn., is seeking approval from the state of Michigan to acquire ProCare Health Plan, a Medicaid HMO, according to a Detroit News report.
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St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix and Omaha, Neb.-based Creighton University have partnered to open a regional medical school campus in Phoenix.
The stocks of several for-profit hospital chains ballooned today after the Supreme Court ruled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is constitutional, according to a Dow Jones report.
Two hospitals in Philadelphia — Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Hahnemann University Hospital — are two days away from a June 30 deadline when union contracts are set to expire and facing the prospect of workers picketing, according to a…
A systematic review showed that patient care is safe and of equal quality to fully qualified doctors, when delivered by residents, especially those whose inexperience was balanced with teaching by more experienced staff, according to a study published in BMC…
Five organizations — Banner Health, Chicanos Por La Causa, Maricopa Workforce Connections, the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovations and the Arizona Diversity Business Development Center — will partner on a $4.96 million, four-year grant to enhance…
The Six Sigma methodology helped improve patient flow in one facility's operating room, according to a study in AORN Journal.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has created a conceptual model of infection preventionist competency to educate IPs, according to an American Journal of Infection Control white paper.
Another Exeter (N.H.) Hospital patient has tested positive for hepatitis C, bringing the total number of infected individuals to 21, according to a Seacoastonline.com report.
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health System announced it is partnering with the California Department of Public Health to run the California Cancer Registry.