Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Fla., has been accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers for congestive heart failure and percutaneous coronary intervention, according to a Hernando Today report.

The economic challenges of the past decade have placed hospitals under unrelenting pressures to reduce costs while maintaining quality. With most of the stray dollars already found, any further cost cutting initiatives will likely bring with them the danger of…

New Mexico hospitals will be joining the ranks of other states that are publicly reporting the rates of healthcare-associated infections, according to a news report by New Mexico Independent.

The pharmacy department at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is installing talking prescription boxes in order to improve patient safety measures, according to a report by KDKA.

The recent increase in hospital employment and strategic affiliations with physicians can be beneficial to the hospitals with these relationships with physicians. However, other hospitals may suffer as a result of these arrangements. Hutcheson Medical Center in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.,…

As the field of hospital medicine grows and more hospitals implement hospitalist programs, critics wonder whether hospital medicine will hurt quality of care or draw medical students away from primary care. Here Jeff Wiese, MD, president of the Society of…

HHS personnel are currently busy drafting regulations for accountable care organizations, based on just a few paragraphs of language in the healthcare reform law. Groups representing hospitals, practices and other providers creating ACOs have been offering HHS their suggestions for…

Katherine Schneider, MD, vice president of health engagement at AtlantiCare in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., discusses her health system's role in Premier's new Accountable Care Collaborative, announced in May. The health system consists of AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, a 567-bed…

A recent survey by cardiology service and information provider MedAxiom found that cardiologists are increasingly choosing to integrate with hospitals in response to fee cuts and tighter regulations for private practices. Five months ago, 15 percent of cardiologists surveyed had…

The latest quarterly health survey of 1,000 Americans by the American Society of Anesthesiologists reveals that more than 75 percent of respondents expressed concerns about anesthesia during surgery.