In an editorial published in the Queens Courier, Stephen S. Mills, CEO of New York Hospital Queens in New York City, outlines his organization's five-point plan to reduce readmissions.
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In commentary published in Health Affairs, Faraz Ahmad, MD, and Thomas Tsang, MD, suggest ways to alleviate the challenge of efficiently and rapidly using quality measure to improve healthcare performance.
A PBS documentary, scheduled to air this month, focuses on healthcare providers' successes in delivering high quality healthcare at costs below the national average, according to a news release.
Senators Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) have asked the HHS inspector general to start a federal investigation into state boards' oversight of physicians, according to a New Haven Independent report.
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation is teaming up with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering to explore potential solutions to a federal directive on maintenance schedules for medical equipment.
The FDA announced yesterday that it has approved two new suppliers for two critical cancer drugs that have experienced shortages, according to a Newsday report.
Net income at Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems fell 55.5 percent in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011, to $30.9 million due in large part to a $42 million after-tax charge from the early extinguishment of debt, according to…
A $240 million UPMC hospital in Monroeville, Pa., will be out of network to Highmark members when it opens in July after the insurer refused UPMC's request to sign a one-year contract for Highmark members, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review…
MultiCare and Franciscan Health System, both based in Tacoma, Wash., will be forced to pay a city business tax starting March 5, according to a Bellingham Herald report.
The New Mexico Human Services Department has released a new proposal (pdf) to restructure its Medicaid program.