Stanford Hospital & Clinics has released a new risk management methodology called value-driven enterprise risk management, according to a release from Stanford.
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Tea party activists in several states have been blocking state implementation of health insurance exchanges authorized under the healthcare reform law, according to a report by Politico.
An HHS official has said large companies may eventually direct employees to the state-run health insurance exchanges now being planned under the healthcare reform law, according to a report by The Hill. Some observers have feared this would happen right…
More than half of individuals involved in cardiology practice guidelines have conflicts of interest, with most serving as a consultant or a member of an advisory board, according to a study from The Archives of Internal Medicine. The study found…
Reaching a federal budget accord in Congress by the April 8 deadline "appears increasingly difficult to achieve" making a government shutdown "more likely," according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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An Alameda Country (Calif.) Superior Court has dismissed a lawsuit by the California Medical Association attempting block a Blue Shield of California physician recognition program, according to a Blue Shield news release.
Healthcare experts have suggested nine alternatives to the reform law's individual mandate to buy insurance, which is under intense opposition in the courts, Congress and the states, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
In an article published in the Archives of Surgery, three anesthesiologists criticize a previous article that concluded "aggressive early postoperative glycemic control should reduce the incidence of [surgical site infections]."
Rick Scott, Florida's Republican governor and former CEO of HCA, has appointed a commission to examine government-funded hospitals in more than 60 hospital districts around the state, according to a report by the Palm Beach Post.
Citing high costs, the California Hospital Association is opposing a bill in the state legislature that would require hospitals to tighten security and increase reporting of violent events, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.