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Differences in regional hospital readmission rates for heart failure are more closely tied to the availability of care and socioeconomics than to hospital performance or patients' degree of illness, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of…
The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
Physician use of e-prescribing rose 75 percent in 2011, with 36 percent of prescriptions routed electronically compared to 22 percent in 2010, according to the most recent National Progress Report on E-Prescribing and Interoperable Healthcare.
Hospital Sisters Health System in Clear Lake, Ill., has named Larry Connors as COO of St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center in Madison, Wis., and St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, Wis., two hospitals in the system's eastern division, according to…
Kokomo, Ind.-based Howard Regional Health System's board of trustees passed resolutions approving the affiliation with Community Health Network in Indianapolis, according to a Kokomo Perspective report.
Emerging models such as accountable care organizations will require better care coordination among providers, hospitals and their patients. Furthermore, Medicare, Medicaid, private and self-insured payors will continue to pay hospitals and physician practices based on quality of care measures, eventually…
The American Hospital Association has submitted comments to the Department of Housing and Urban Development asking it to withdraw a proposal to increase premiums for the Hospital Mortgage Insurance Program by 20 basis points in fiscal year 2013, according to…
Here are 14 hospital and health system CEOs and CFOs recently profiled by Becker's Hospital Review. To read the full profile on each executive click the profile title. Note: profiles appear in alphabetical order.
Unsedated transnasal endoscopy may be a feasible, safe and well-tolerated method to screen for esophageal disease in a primary care population, according to an American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy release.