St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton, Mass., a Boston-based Steward Health Care hospital, has notified 6,831 patients that billing information, including credit card numbers and security codes, may have been compromised, according to a Boston Globe report.
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Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System is laying off 142 workers as part of its third and last phase of an employee reduction plan expected to save the hospital up to $11.5 million per year, according to a Times Free Press…
Local physicians and residents are opposing plans by Saint Clare's Hospital in Sussex, N.J., to convert the 106-bed hospital into an emergency and outpatient center, according to a New Jersey Herald report.
Update: On April 10, 2012, The Utah Department of Technology Services and the Utah Department of Health announced the total number of individuals affected by the breach had grown. They reported 280,000 individuals had their Social Security numbers stolen from…
Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, has announced the promotion of Joann Ringer as COO of Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville, Ohio.
The California Department of Health Care Services announced (pdf) that Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and San Mateo counties will be the initial participants in a three-year demonstration project to improve care coordination of people who are dually eligible for…
CMS has released the full set of proposed clinical quality measures for 2014 as part of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs Stage 2 Notice of Proposed Rule Making.
Although the number of uninsured children in Texas has decreased steadily since 2006, there are still roughly 1.2 million children without insurance, according to a report from the Center for Public Policy Priorities (pdf).
Many hospital executives are nervous about Facebook. In a recent Jack of All Trades blog post, Tim Strickland, senior executive advisor with Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, said the social media platform can stir fears of criticism and "double-barreled attacks."…
Officials from the Mississippi Health Department said 300 patients tested negative for blood infections, such as HIV, due to substandard care at the now-shuttered Rose Cancer Center in Summit, according to a New England Cable News report.