Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Mo., plans to open the Northeast Regional Heart Center July 1, according to a Heartland Connection report.
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Former Democratic presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis writes in a recent Boston Globe editorial that accountable care organizations are not the solution to controlling healthcare costs.
Penn State Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center has opened the new Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute-Hanover (Pa.), according to a Gant Daily report.
Providers fail to notice three-quarters of all performance incentives and end up losing an estimated $20 billion annually, according to findings from a recent ZS Associates study.
The American Heart Association announced a new demonstration project to reduce the time from heart attack to treatment.
Michael Lawrence has been named CFO of Vanguard MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill., effective June 4, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health announced the collaboration of its Avera Cancer Institute with the Eppley Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
A study published in the Annals of Surgery suggests triclosan-impregnated sutures do not improve the risk or incidence of surgical site infections.
Recent research published in the American Journal of Infection Control supports previously published studies that show antimicrobial stewardship programs can improve quality and reduce healthcare costs.
A radiation technician at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., has pled guilty to reusing syringes on patients, which caused a hepatitis C outbreak, according to a News4Jax report.