Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital. Yale-New Haven Hospital got its start in 1826 as the nation’s fourth voluntary hospital, founded as a charitable institution to care for the poor. It has a history of caring for U.S. servicemen — sailors from…
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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Cincinnati Children’s is a nonprofit academic medical center affiliated with the University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics. The medical center was founded in 1883 by three Cincinnati women who wanted to open a hospital specifically…
No one is safe from ransomware, it would seem. In recent months organizations from law enforcement agencies to schools and hospitals have fallen victim to these malicious computer viruses. Now the FBI is drawing attention to just how dangerous the…
Christiana Hospital (Newark, Del.). Christiana Hospital, a 913-bed, 1.3 million-square-foot teaching hospital, is the namesake hospital for the Christiana Care Health System. The hospital opened in 1985, but the health system it brands has roots going back to 1890 when…
Children’s National Medical Center (Washington, D.C.). Founded in 1870, Children’s National Medical Center has provided healthcare to children for more than 140 years in the nation’s capital. This 313-bed institution — which includes more than 60 intensive care beds and…
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia got its start in 1855 as the nation’s first hospital solely devoted to the care of children. What began as a 12-bed operation that served 67 inpatients and 306 clinic patients in…
New research shows CMS rewarded hospitals with substandard quality scores in its Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program because they performed well in lowering cost, according to study published in the May issue of Health Affairs.
If consumers could compare healthcare prices, would they choose the lower option? A recent study published in JAMA suggests not.
CHI St. Vincent Infirmary (Little Rock, Ark.). As the flagship hospital of CHI St. Vincent Health System, CHI St. Vincent Infirmary has provided the citizens of Arkansas with high quality healthcare for well over a century. CHI St. Vincent Infirmary…
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles). Cedars-Sinai Medical Center began as two small organizations built by the Jewish community. One began in 1902 as a 12-bed operation in a two-story Victorian home, while the other got its start in 1918 as…