The "2012 Healthcare Mobility Trends" report (pdf) by Aruba Networks, a provider of network access technology, reveals a majority of hospital IT staff support plan to upgrade capabilities for mobile health.
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The Healthcare Financial Management Association has named Joseph Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, as president and CEO, effective June 2012.
Partners HealthCare System in Boston may be discussing an acquisition of South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., according to a Boston Globe report.
Dignity Health in San Francisco has named Thomas Salerno as president of St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., according to a Press-Telegram report.
St. John Providence Health System in Warren, Mich., has announced Peter Karadjoff, FACHE, as president of Providence Park Hospital in Novi, Mich.
The world's largest banks responsible for the 2008 financial meltdown led to a massive increase of government debt after they were bailed out, and now Medicare faces mounting pressures due to the fiscal irresponsibility of those banks, according to an…
Saint Catherine's Hospital of Pennsylvania, LLC, which owns Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs in Ashland, Pa., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to a Republican Herald report.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare announced (pdf) it has agreed to a settlement with HHS and CMS to correct underpayments from the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system during several previous years.
With a likely eye on the coming 2012 presidential election, the White House issued a news release on Wednesday touting the advancements the Administration has made in the area of primary care since President Obama took office.
Better outcomes at physician-owned cardiac hospitals may be due to their lower patient acuity and higher procedural volumes than general hospitals, according to a study in Health Affairs.