In a 12-month moving average, the Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Hospital Index, Hospital Medicare Index and Hospital Commercial Index all increased through February 2012, indicating that the deceleration of healthcare costs in January appeared to be an anomaly, according…
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Hospital costs for people with employer-based health insurance grew by 5.6 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the Thomson Reuters Healthcare Spending Index for Private Insurance.
Port Angeles, Wash.-based Olympic Medical Center is changing its cancer facility's name to Olympic Medical Cancer Center, according to a KONP report.
A hearing on West Virginia University Hospitals' $248 million expansion plan, requested by Mon General Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., has been set for June 12, according to a WDTV report.
Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health System announced the U-M Board of Regents approved a $163 million project to increase capacity for growing patient demand.
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have found that men are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge compared to women.
Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center and Plano, Texas-based LHP Hospital Group have begun a $92 million renovation of the former Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, N.J., according to a Record report.
A survey of cancer patients suggests major communication barriers between cancer patients and their physicians, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
San Antonio-based Baptist Health System announced plans to build a comprehensive pediatric network featuring a new children's hospital.
The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen is asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the take Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Victoza, alleging the drug poses a risk to the public, according to a Dow Jones Newswire report.