Rankings and Ratings

The lack of EHR interoperability continues to pose a serious threat to healthcare initiatives, according to a recent report published by the American Hospital Association (AHA).

Stanford (Calif.) Health Care-Stanford Hospital. Founded in 1959 as the Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital Center, Stanford Hospital today has 613 licensed beds, about 1,500 faculty physicians and more than 1,000 interns and residents. The academic health system is building a new…

Geisinger Medical Center (Danville, Pa.). In the early 1900s at the age of 85, Abigail Geisinger, who was born and raised in Danville, led the creation of a hospital that would ultimately become Geisinger Health System. She recruited Harold L.…

Spectrum Health Medical Center–Butterworth Hospital (Grand Rapids, Mich.). With a history dating back to 1873, Butterworth Hospital is one of four facilities that make up Spectrum Health Medical Center, a system with 23,000 employees and 1,300 employed physicians. Clinicians at…

Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati). Opened in 1852, Good Samaritan Hospital is the oldest hospital in Cincinnati. In the first three years of the hospital’s history, the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati cared for more than 1,500 patients. In the years…

University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics (Salt Lake City). More than 1,100 board-certified physicians staff four university hospitals, 10 community clinics and a number of specialty centers in the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics system. This health system started…

Medical supplier Medline has launched its sixth annual National Pink Glove Dance Video contest.

The healthcare industry has consistently prided itself in being "always on." Now, thanks to the Uber effect, healthcare systems also need to be always responsive and always transparent.

When it comes to developing cancer, risk increases with body size and life span, according to the National Institutes of Health. This is because the more cells an organism has, and the longer the organism lives, the greater number of…

University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle). UW Medical Center may be the No. 1 hospital in the Seattle metro area and the whole state of Washington, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2015-16 rankings, but it had humble beginnings.…