The following transactions or developments between hospitals and physician groups took place within the past month, beginning with the most recent.
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An analysis by the Altarum Institute's Center for Studying Health Spending revealed health spending growth has averaged 3.9 percent and has not exceeded 4.4 percent from October 2008-January 2011.
HHS' National Vaccine Advisory Committee has recommended healthcare facilities that cannot reach a 90 percent vaccination rate for employees should consider making the vaccination an employer requirement, according to an AHA News Now report.
Approximately one in six hospitals experiences "high rates" of central line-associated bloodstream infections, according to an analysis by NPR.
Infection reporting should be limited to complex surgical site infections diagnosed in inpatient settings in order to reflect a more accurate picture of a healthcare facility's quality, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha will begin offering a doctoral program in epidemiology this fall.
Three Nebraska healthcare organizations will take part in a study that will test a device designed to measure the cleanliness of various surfaces in patient rooms, according to a Regional West Health Services release.
This month, Illinois officials will begin matching addresses of Medicaid recipients against state driving records to ensure the federal funds aren't moving out of the state, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
The CEO of Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care has said Glendale, Wis.-based Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is partly to blame for Aurora's troubled finances, according to a Business Journal report.
Concentra, a subsidiary of the Louisville, Ky.-based insurer Humana, has acquired a primary care practice in Lincolnwood, Ill., bringing its total number of medical centers in Chicagoland to 15.