Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downer's Grove, Ill., can be characterized as an organization that is constantly improving. Each year it works to make its already high patient and physician satisfaction ratings even higher. In the summer of 2004, the…

A recent study from the RAND Corp. found that hospitals in California spent over $193 million on air pollution-related hospital events from 2005-2007.

William Hogan Jr., MD, a board-certified pain management physician and anesthesiologist, has joined the staff of Memorial Hospital in Fremont, Ohio, according to a report in The News-Messenger.

Richard F. Collins, MD, is vice president for medical affairs of Jefferson Regional Medical Center, a 390-bed hospital in Pittsburgh that is participating in a new pilot project to lower readmissions, sponsored by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. Here he…

New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton, Mass., is suspending new patient admissions in order to train and educate staff after state public health officials found patient care problems, including improper treatment of wounds and not properly following infection control procedures,…

The Joint Commission has revised its medical staff standard to recognize that administrators and board members must collaborate closely with the medical staff, even though the board is still ultimately responsible for operations, according to a release from the Joint…

Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford will build a new, $5 million outpatient center for cancer and blood disorders in order to accommodate the hospital's growing volume for these services, according to a report in the Hartford Courant.

Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill., and Affinity Healthcare, a multi-specialty physician practice in Riverwoods, Ill., have signed a letter of intent to merge, according to a report by the Daily Herald.

Many hospitals are looking to buy up ASCs from physician-owners and convert them into hospital outpatient departments that command higher reimbursements than ASCs. Other hospitals are seeking to have HOPDs operate like ASCs. While physicians cannot directly own HOPDs, they…

Hospital advocates are claiming that nearly $20 million in federal funding is being withheld from Nashville General Hospital, and Nashville's Metro Council is currently considering a measure that would formally ask all Tennessee gubernatorial candidates to support passing the funds…