A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll (pdf) reveals that nearly a quarter of insured American adults under the age of 65 believe the individual mandate provision within the PPACA will force them to change their current health insurance plan by…
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The IU Health System and Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis have partnered in a $150 million collaboration to research cancer, heart disease and neurological diseases, according to an Indianapolis Star report.
Ronald Peterson has officially served as president of Johns Hopkins Hospital & Health System in Baltimore since February 1997. Immediately prior, he had served as acting president. Mr. Peterson has been with Johns Hopkins since 1973 when he took an…
Over the past four years, a gap has developed for adoption rates of electronic health record systems based on hospital size, teaching status and location, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
Leaders of ProMedica Health System in Toledo, Ohio, and St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, plan to appeal the Federal Trade Commission's decision to divest the Maumee hospital from ProMedica, according to a Toledo Blade report.
Alegent Health in Omaha, Neb., and Creighton University in Omaha have announced a strategic affiliation, which includes Alegent acquiring Creighton University Medical Center from Creighton and its partner Tenet Healthcare in Dallas.
Many hospital and health system administrators are expressing doubt about their ability to meet new EHR standards, according to survey results published by KPMG, a U.S. audit, tax and advisory services firm.
Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital has approved a merger with St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury and LHP Hospital Group in Plano, Texas, in an "overwhelmingly" majority vote by its board.
Steward Health Care System in Boston has named Andrew Davis as president of Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Mass., effective May 7.
Here are 20 statistics on central line-associated bloodstream infections in the United States. All data are derived from the CDC's recent National and State Healthcare-associated Infections Standardized Infection Ratio Report.