More hospitals are taking on physicians' back-office operations and providing financial expertise, essentially leaving physicians as "independent contractors," according to a report from The Tennessean.
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Sanford Health, based in Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D., is nearing completion of its $75 million heart hospital, according to an Argus Leader report.
Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance has banned several cardiologists from working at its facilities after the physicians merged with its main competitor, Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont CVA Heart Institute, according to a Times-News report.
Health centers that perform well on the National Committee for Quality Assurance's patient-centered medical home assessment tool may not be associated with higher quality of diabetes care, according to research published in Health Affairs.
Data reported by 64 Wisconsin hospitals showed more than half experienced zero central line-associated bloodstream infections during the first six months of 2011, according to a Wisconsin Hospital Association news release.
Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, a Cleveland Clinic Hospital, has opened a $1.7 million catheterization lab, according to a Hillcrest Patch report.
Auburn (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital has changed its name to Auburn Community Hospital, according to a hospital news release.
A team of researchers found individuals living in poverty may be at increased risk of bloodstream infections, according to research presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 41st Critical Care Congress and reported by Medscape.
Brandywine Hospital in Coatesville, Pa., has opened a second catheterization lab, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report.
In the federal government's fiscal year 2013 budget, President Barack Obama inserted a provision that would create a permanent expansion of the Build America Bonds program, which was part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, according to…