Incorporation of copper alloys into clinical settings may reduce the presence of microbial organisms, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemology.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a report outlining vaccination recommendations for healthcare employees.
This article briefly discusses eleven different healthcare and business issues. We have divided the article into three key sections. The first focuses on hospital and physician issues. Second, a brief observation on urgent care and sleep labs. Third, a brief…
Saint Louis University's School of Medicine has incorporated Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's "Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit" into an "enterprising and progressively evolving" health literacy initiative to improve outcomes through increased patient engagement," according to a case study…
Emil Rucigay, chair of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center's board of trustees, has stepped down as leader over his dissatisfaction with the hospital's plans to merge with two other Brooklyn, N.Y., hospitals — Brooklyn Hospital Center and Interfaith Medical Center, according…
For the fourth quarter of 2011, 247 healthcare merger and acquisition transactions totaling $40.2 billion were announced — a 12 percent drop in deal volume compared to the 282 deals announced in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a…
A recent analysis by Milliman found North Carolina's Medicaid care management program, Community Care of North Carolina, saved $984 million in state and federal funding from 2007 to 2010, according to an American Medical News report.
The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent. 1. Nathan Howell joined St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Mass., as chief operating officer. 2. UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas announced John Warner…
Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River, Mass., will soon open its new emergency department that can treat twice the amount of patients as the previous department, according to a Herald News report.
Providing patients with personal health records has little impact on their biological outcomes, satisfaction with care or use of health services, according to a study in the Journal of American Medical Information Association.