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Medical errors are the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer in the U.S., and more than a quarter of a million occur each year. Communication problems are the most common root cause of medical errors, and…
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Hospital will suspend its heart transplant program next month due to a cardiologist shortage, reports WANE 15 News.
April 2019 Issue of Becker’s Healthcare Review ON THE COVER 4 questions with CHIME-HIMSS CIO of the Year Ed KopetskyIn January, two of health IT’s biggest trade groups — the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and the…
January / February Clinical Leadership & Infection Control Issue January / February Clinical Leadership & Infection Control Issue ON THE COVER Most patients don’t disclose relevant information to clinicians, study finds Anywhere from 60 to 80 percent of patients don’t share…
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March 2019 Issue of Becker’s Healthcare Review ON THE COVER 41 physicians to split with Novant Health in MayWinston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health revealed Jan. 28 that the 41 physicians who plan to leave the system will do so on…
A birthing center owned by Prisma Health, the health system formed through the combination of Columbia, S.C.-based Palmetto Health and Greenville (S.C.) Health System, is stopping births due to financial pressures, according to the Greenville News.
Many hospitals prioritize elective admissions over emergency room admissions due to financial incentives, which is a growing issue the healthcare industry must address, two ER physicians wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post.
Asthma is common among the opioid-dependent patient population, according to research presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Feb. 22 to 25, in San Francisco.
A man was fatally shot while arguing with an individual he knew in the parking lot of Carolinas HealthCare System NorthEast in Concord, N.C., Feb. 6, according to The Charlotte Observer.