In 2011, national healthcare expenditures only grew 3.9 percent due to the continued economic slog, which is similar to 2010, and the total 2011 national healthcare expenditure figure was $2.7 trillion compared with $2.59 trillion in 2010, according to CMS…
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Cleveland-based MetroHealth is an academic health center with 17 locations in Cuyahoga County and more than 400 primary care and specialty care physicians. On May 9, it broke ground on the $23 million MetroHealth Middleburg Heights November Family Health Center…
Florida Hospital in Orlando is adopting a new strategy to gain a certificate of need for a new hospital, according to an Orlando Business Journal report.
Michael J. Dowling, president and CEO of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in Manhasset, N.Y., is the recipient of the 2012 B'nai B'rith National Healthcare Award, an accolade that has recognized outstanding healthcare leaders for the past 30 years.
Here are nine anesthesiologists' recent professional appointments and accomplishments.
The Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists this month awarded John E. Szewczyk, MD, a distinguished service award, according to a Rockford Register-Star report.
Unionized hospital and healthcare workers in Philadelphia are planning a rally Wednesday and conducting a vote to strike, according to a union news release.
Along with high-quality healthcare, patients are also demanding and expecting hospitals to recognize their rights as consumers. Dan Munro, a contributor to Forbes, has listed 10 steps for healthcare organizations to make themselves more consumer-friendly.
Since July 2008, Jim Budzinski has been the executive vice president and CFO of WellStar Health System, and he has helped the Marietta, Ga.-based system shore up its finances and credit into a solid and stable state.
Times are tough for hospitals within the broader context of the healthcare system, and safety-net hospitals have even less to work with than the average U.S. hospital.