Metro Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., recently received primary stroke certification from Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, according to a report from the Grand Rapids Press.
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Many hospitals lose tens of thousands of dollars every year, appear older and in need of capital improvement by leaving equipment that should be disposed of on their fixed asset ledger, says Michael Staunton, a director at Principle Valuation. Maintaining…
A federal judge has paused the antitrust case between Pittsburgh-based UPMC and West Penn Allegheny Health System after the latter accused the judge of displaying bias, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
The National Quality Forum has endorsed 14 quality measures on palliative and end-of-life care.
Today, after the federal government announced it recovered roughly $4.1 billion in taxpayer money in 2011 from healthcare fraud prevention efforts, CMS proposed a rule that establishes deadlines for reporting and returning overpayments.
William C. "Bill" Waters IV, MD, joined Carrollton, Ga.-based Tanner Health System in 2002 as an intensivist and medical director of the intensive care unit. Four years later he was named CMO, a role that gives him responsibility for patient…
Researchers have suggested heart failure patients may experience better outcomes at specialty physician-owned hospitals than other types of facilities, such as non-profit or other for-profit hospitals, according to research published in the American Heart Journal.
Compliance to the National Quality Forum's safe practices may decrease patients' risk of mortality, according to research published in Surgery.
The California Department of Health Care Services and the UC Davis Health System's Institute for Population Health Improvement have partnered to improve the quality of care provided by the state's Medi-Cal program.
Brooklyn (N. Y.) Hospital Center has named W. Trent Cable, MBA, CPA, CHE, executive vice president and COO, according to a Brooklyn Hospital news release.