Professional interpreters in hospital emergency rooms may help decrease the risk of medical errors, according to a study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
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Implantable cardiac devices may pose a heightened risk of infections, complications and morbidity, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation has published an updated international standard designed to help manufacturers of certain medical devices ensure their products are in fact sterile.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America are partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to establish the 2012 Partnership in Prevention Award.
When Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro hired Pamela Hess as CFO last April, the hospital's executives knew exactly the type of high-quality financial leader they were getting.
Although top-earning physician specialties had similar compensation figures from 2010 to 2011, physician compensation declined overall, according to Medscape's 2012 Physician Compensation Report, which was released yesterday.
The Cook County Board of Review recently rejected the appeal of Chicago-based Prentice Women's Hospital, part of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, to start paying property taxes, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
In a recent report from Moody's Investors Service, analysts said non-profit hospitals are facing extreme pressures on their Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, and the loss of the individual mandate from the healthcare reform law would negatively impact non-profit hospital revenue…
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council has released its inaugural Hospital Readmissions in Pennsylvania 2010 report, which details readmission rates among Pennsylvania hospitals, according to a Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania news release.
An anesthesiologist is the highest-paid profession in Pennsylvania, according to a Philly City Biz List report.