In no particular order, here are the top five news stories involving hospitals and health systems that occurred this week. 1. Mokena, Ill.-based Provena Health and Chicago-based Resurrection Health Care have signed a deal to merge. The potential merger, which awaits…
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Newly built hospital operating rooms are generally equipped with the newest technologies and functionality to perform surgeries efficiently. But one environmental factor that is often left out may be working its way into the OR construction dialogue: natural sunlight. CO…
Here are six studies involving key hospital service lines.
For clarification purposes, Fallon Clinic, a medical group based in Worcester, Mass., has announced a change in name to Reliant Medical Group, according to a Worcester Telegram & Gazette report. The new name will differentiate the medical group from Fallon…
Christine Varney, the top antitrust regulator at the U.S. Justice Department, plans to step down next month to join the New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Ms. Varney, assistant attorney general…
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Here are 10 states with the greatest number of Medicare beneficiaries, according to data recently published by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Medicare beneficiaries include aged and disabled beneficiaries.
People are living longer and retiring a lot later. I was recently introduced to a land developer from Louisiana who was in her 70s but she looked a lot younger. In fact, she had participated in four triathlons just this…
Rulon F. Stacey, PhD, FACHE, CEO of Fort Collins, Colo.-based Poudre Valley Health System and current chairman of the American College of Healthcare Executives, has released a new book discussing the state of the current healthcare crisis, how we got…
Health Inventures, a surgical services and practice management company, is expanding and offering three new service lines: physician practice management; perioperative and anesthesia services; and human resources employment services, according to a report from Becker ASC Review.
Most hospital surgeons meet established practice guidelines when applying appropriate surgical care in Medicare beneficiaries with cancer, according to a study in the Archives of Surgery.