A majority of surveyed medical students and residents reported seeing defensive medicine in their training, according to a study published in Academic Medicine.
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So far in 2012, hospital bonds have earned a 3.3 percent return, compared with the 2.5 percent return for the entire market, but looming cuts to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements could have a big impact on hospital portfolios, especially those…
The base salary for a hospital chief medical information officer varied widely in 2011, with the most common salary falling between $200,000 and $300,000, according to the 2012 CMIO Compensation Survey.
Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa, is filing a certificate of need to build a cardiac catheterization laboratory, according to a hospital news release.
Researchers have determined several risk factors for surgical site infections following bariatric surgery, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Kentuckiana Medical Center, the bankrupt physician-owned hospital in Clarksville, Ind., has gone through several different financing proposals over the last several months in attempts to save the institution, and lawyers for the hospital have pitched a "much simpler" plan to…
Individual chart review in patients' electronic medical records may serve as an accurate surveillance method for urinary catheter use, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Although a patient's health status and utilization of health services is a large part of regional variation in healthcare spending, differences in hospital prices also play a role, according to a study from the Center for Studying Health System Change.
Recent research suggests medical students may have inadequate knowledge of pharmacology, according to a study published in the Journal of Patient Safety.
Grand Junction (Colo.) VA Medical Center is nearing completion of its $14.5 million expansion project, which includes four operating rooms, an intensive care unit, a recovery room and a sterilization-processing room, according to an NBC 11 News report.