The increasing rate of hospital-acquired infections costs U.S. hospitals up to $45 billion annually, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the average cost per infection case is $15,275. Another troubling fact is that hospital-acquired infections, such a…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has alerted healthcare professionals to stop using certain IV bags of metronidazole, ondansetron and ciprofloxacin due to reports of floating matter and possible contamination in IV bags manufactured by Claris Lifesciences Limited, according to…

To survive health reform, public hospitals will have to start operating more like private hospitals or else dramatically cut costs, according to a report by the Texas Tribune.

Kansas City, Mo.-based St. Luke's Health System has strengthened its partnership with 37-physician Cardiovascular Consultants, according to a St. Luke's news release.

Health insurers are paying physicians seven days faster and denying 12-18 percent fewer claims than the year before, according to a release by Athenahealth.

Orlando Health, a system of community and specialty hospitals in Central Florida, is adding to its network of pediatric specialty clinics in a move that it says will enhance services to patients close to their homes but also may potentially…

New York hospitals have improved their mortality rates more than 40 percent since 2002, according to the Niagara Health Quality Coalition, an independent organization that publishes an annual report card on the state's hospitals, the Elmira Star-Gazette reported.

The California Senate voted 24-5 to approve a new bill that would increase reporting and regulation of radiation overdoses in CT scans, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.

State budget cuts are impeding the goal of a 2009 federal law to provide health insurance coverage to 4 million more low-income children, according to a report by USA Today.

This article briefly addresses six key issues impacting outpatient services and physician-owned facilities.