The average cots and lengths of hospital stay for patients undergoing spinal fusion for idiopathic scoliosis patients vary widely across the United States, according to a report in HealthDay.

Wichita, Kan.-based Via Christi Health System plans to start construction next month on a $9 million surgical cancer institute, which will be located within the Via Christi hospital on N. St. Francis in Wichita, according to a report by the…

Sutherland Cardiology Clinic in Germantown, Tenn., and Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare will integrate, effective July 1, according to a report by the Memphis Business Journal.

HHS will make more federal health data available to the public and encourage user-friendly applications and tools in a project called the Community Health Data Initiative, according to a release by HHS.

Medtronic voluntarily disclosed payments of $15.7 million in royalties and consulting fees to nearly 230 physicians in the first quarter of 2010, according to a report by MinnPost.

HHS and CMS announced a new state-based Multi-payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration project, in which Medicare will join Medicaid and private insurers to pilot state-based efforts promoting the medical home model.

The Health Research and Educational Trust, an arm of the American Hospital Association, has released a guide that outlines best workforce practices that lead to quality improvement in the healthcare setting, according to a news release.

Staff at an unnamed cancer hospital showed poor compliance with hand hygiene standards, particularly before performing procedures, according to new study published in Applied Nursing Research.

A survey by the Medical Group Management Association found that hospital-owned medical practices were more successful than other practice types in attracting physicians in 2009, according to an MGMA news release.

A joint effort by 53 Ohio hospitals has reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units by 48 percent in six months, according to the Ohio Hospital Association.