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Speeding processes can benefit an operating room by allowing time for additional cases, optimizing utilization, which can reduce costs, and improving patient and physician satisfaction. The length of a surgery depends on some factors, such as the type of procedure,…
At the beginning of every year, several credit ratings agencies try to assess the short-term prospects of the healthcare industry. Fitch Ratings, Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's and others attempt to encapsulate a 12- to 18-month window into the…
Chicago-based Cook County Health & Hospitals System is planning to hire up to 85 nurses and front-line workers to improve patient satisfaction to prepare for future changes to patients' insurance, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
More than 21,000 mental health workers and nurses at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and nurses from other unions are striking today, marking the second time in four months Kaiser nurses have protested takeaways in the proposed contract, according to a…
Irving, Texas-based Christus Health is consolidating its corporate offices in Dallas in the suburb of Irving, according to a health system news release.
A new hospital planned by Gainesville, Ga.-based Northeast Georgia Health System is expected to create 500 jobs, according to a Dacula Patch report.
Hospitals across the country are expanding emergency departments to manage growing ED patient volumes.
Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital is planning a $120 million proton therapy center, according to a Palm Beach Post report.
The bundled payment episode definitions in previous Medicare bundled payment initiatives such as the Medicare Participating Heart Bypass Demonstration and the Medicare Acute Care Episode Demonstration included only services provided during the inpatient stay. As inpatients, these patients are closely…