Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health recently implemented a program, The Center for Integrative Health Management at Spectrum Health, to lower unnecessary emergency department use at Spectrum Health Butterworth and Spectrum Health Blodgett, both in Grand Rapids. The hospitals handle 150,000…
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Rush University Medical Center in Chicago announced it has received a $5 million donation from BMO Harris Bank that will be used to educate and train students for new healthcare jobs needed to deliver high-quality care to Chicago's underserved and…
Capacity management using an automated system at a healthcare organization helps reduce costs, generate income and maintain quality of care, according to a TeleTracking blog post.
Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours Health System has invested in the for-profit Innovation Institute, making it the second member owner of the organization with St. Joseph Health in Orange County, Calif., according to a news release from the institute.
Although similar sounding, "crowdsourcing" and "crowdfunding" have different meanings.
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An interesting analysis by McKinsey & Co. found that business-to-business companies frequently send on the "wrong" message in their marketing and advertising efforts.According to McKinsey: "There's a surprising gap between the brand messages that suppliers offer to customers and what…
Simon Stevens, executive vice president and global health president at health insurer UnitedHealth Group, has been named to lead England's National Health Service, according to a report from The Guardian.
The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2009-2010 has just released a report of its findings for emergency department visits for patients 65 years and older.
Yesterday I received a press release from the advocacy group Public Citizen alerting me that there had been a small — but interesting — change to HHS guidance for research involving human subjects. As Public Citizen explains: "Without soliciting any…
Earlier today, Scott Becker, JD, CPA, publisher of Becker's Hospital Review and chairman of the healthcare department at McGuireWoods, appeared on the talk radio show "Money For Lunch." Host Bert Martinez asked Mr. Becker about the biggest trends in the…