Press Ganey has submitted to the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse four updated measure summaries and two new measure summaries for patient satisfaction in the medical practice settings.
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LifePoint Hospitals in Brentwood, Tenn., and Beaumont Health System in Detroit have each named an executive leader to lead patient safety and quality efforts.
When no pediatric intensive care unit beds were available for new patients, most of the time at least one PICU bed was being used for noncritical care activities, according to a study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Ga., announced the opening of its new North Tower.
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in Great Neck, N.Y., has announced an identity theft ring victimized approximately 100 patients from North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y.
The University of California San Diego Health System has named Scott Lippman, MD, as the director of UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center in La Jolla, Calif., effective May 1.
Older patients with chronic diseases who were monitored with at-home electronic systems were just as likely to be sent to the emergency room or hospitalized as those who were not monitored, according to a new study published in the Archives…
The deal San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee recently struck with San Francisco-based California Pacific Medical Center to build five new medical facilities is raising concerns of increased healthcare costs among city leaders, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.
In the first quarter of 2012, Moody's Investors Service reported an equal number of upgrades and downgrades in the non-profit hospital sector, but Moody's analysts expect a negative outlook for non-profit healthcare providers for the remainder of 2012.
Last month, the Louisville/Jefferson County metro government issued $271.26 million in bonds to Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives to advance refund and annul outstanding bonds on behalf of CHI's Jewish Hospital and St. Mary's Healthcare in Louisville, Ky., among other purposes.