A survey in the Journal of Hospital Medicine tracking the extent hospitalists participate in unprofessional behaviors at hospitals found that 67 percent reported having personal conversations with one another in patient corridors.
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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, better known as MedPAC, released its June 2012 report (pdf) to Congress last Friday, and the main theme of the report was to focus on the beneficiary and change Medicare around the beneficiary.
Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center has launched a physicians' network to acquire physicians' practices, according to a San Fernando Valley Business Journal report.
Hospital and health systems in operation today are forced to navigate one of the more uncertain times in the industry's history. For the most part, health systems have begun to accept a future of value-based care, clinical integration and patient…
The head of the Catholic Health Association, Sister Carol Keehan, has sent a formal submission to federal regulators stating the proposed compromises on the requirement that employers cover contraception are "unduly cumbersome and would be unlikely to adequately meet the…
HHS' Steve Larsen, the director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, has resigned and will leave his post in mid-July, according to a Hill report.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is predicting "sharp disagreement" among members of the Court regarding upcoming rulings, including the decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a CNN report.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., has named Stephanie Conners, RN, MBA, BSN, as senior vice president of nursing and CNO.
Electronic health records are widely used by California physicians, but many of their systems are not designed to meet federal standards aimed at improvising quality of healthcare, according to the report "On the Road to Meaningful Use of EHRs: A…
Glendive (Mont.) Medical Center is pursuing a collaborative management agreement with Billings (Mont.) Clinic, according to a Billings Gazette report.