While less than 1 percent of U.S. births still occur outside of hospitals, the percentage grew slightly from 2005-2006, according to a report by the CDC.

A recent study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that weekend hospital care is not as prompt as weekday care, due largely to lower hospital staffing levels and services availability on the weekends, according to an AHRQ…

On Feb. 11, David Thoene, managing member of Medical Surgical Partners, presented a Webinar titled "Hospital-Doctor Joint Ventures: A Highly Efficient Physician-Engagement Tool" that highlighted reasons for and benefits of creating hospital-physician ASC joint ventures. Here he addresses two questions…

Nearly 58 percent of the surgeries performed in hospitals during 2007 were done as outpatient procedures, according to a recent statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Ohio State University's private physician practice, OSU Physicians, will join OSU Medical Center, according to a report by the Columbus Dispatch.

A survey of safety-net health systems finds their costs for uncompensated care now average more than $2.3 million per hospital, according to a release from the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems.

The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association has said that proposed cuts to the state's 2011 budget would "devastate" Arizona healthcare, according to an AzHHA news release.

1. Its very unlikely that President Obama gained any Republican votes through his most recent healthcare summit and efforts on healthcare reform. President Obama's more than seven hour healthcare summit yesterday most likely did not win over any Republicans in…

Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates is curtailing patient referrals to Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital in an attempt to better coordinate care, opting to handle most patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to a report in the Boston Globe.

There is no definitive link showing that hospitals with lower costs and expenditures offer lower quality of care, according to the findings of a new study of Medicare patients conducted by The Commonwealth Fund and published in the Feb. 22…