The use of rapid flu clinics that are set up outside hospital emergency departments may help ease emergency department overcrowding while still maintaining care for influenza patients, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
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A formal system of auditing and feedback may encourage employees to practice more appropriate antibiotic stewardship, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has honored four healthcare leaders with the Health Quality Award.
Seven acute-care hospitals and health systems have received credit downgrades in the past 30 days, according to a report by HFA Partners.
An antimicrobial stewardship program at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore was shown to be cost-efficient and effective over a seven-year study period, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Four hospitals and health systems have issued tax-exempt, fixed-rate bonds from Feb. 16 to March 15, according to a report by HFA Partners.
To read Part 1 about required capital ratio, what it is and what it means, click here.In February, Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass., announced it would merge with Massachusetts General Hospital, the Boston-based teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School…
Local anesthesia services would be folded into Willmar Medical Services, a four-year-old joint venture between Rice Memorial Hospital and Affiliated Community Medical Centers, if the Rice hospital board approves the proposal, according to a West Central Tribune report.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that physicians cherish their phones. A 2010 study revels that 94 percent of physicians are now using smartphones professionally, and this number has only escalated in the past year.
CMS' Office of E-Health Standards and Services announced it will not enforce Version 5010, D.0 and 3.0 electronic transaction standards for hospitals, physician practices and other HIPAA-covered entities through June 30, 2012 — the second three-month extension that has been…