1,800 patients, including patients at six Orange, Calif-based St. Joseph Health System hospitals, were victim to a data breach after private health information was accessible on the Internet, according to a Santa Rosa Press Democrat report.
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U.S. Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) unveiled a new Medicare overhaul proposal that would raise the Medicare eligibility age and provide a quicker transition to Medicare Advantage plans, according to a Forbes report.
June Collison has joined San Francisco-based Dignity Health, formerly Catholic Healthcare West, as president of Community Hospital in San Bernardino (Calif.), according to a Mercury News report.
Healthcare organizations may reap significant short- and long-term operating and financial benefits by addressing real estate strategies in the merger and acquisition process, according to a news release by Jones Lang Lasalle, a financial services firm specializing in real estate.
Officials of New Jersey's Bergen County have sued the operator of its public hospital for allegedly failing to provide public documents officials need to determine the hospital's future before the lease expires in five years, according to a report from…
Ohio has signed up more than 6,000 primary care physicians to use electronic health records as part of the state’s efforts towards a statewide health information exchange, according to an Ohio Health Information Partnership news release.
More hospitals are taking on physicians' back-office operations and providing financial expertise, essentially leaving physicians as "independent contractors," according to a report from The Tennessean.
Sanford Health, based in Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D., is nearing completion of its $75 million heart hospital, according to an Argus Leader report.
Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance has banned several cardiologists from working at its facilities after the physicians merged with its main competitor, Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont CVA Heart Institute, according to a Times-News report.
Health centers that perform well on the National Committee for Quality Assurance's patient-centered medical home assessment tool may not be associated with higher quality of diabetes care, according to research published in Health Affairs.