October 2017 Issue of Becker’s Hospital Review On the Cover Will the Healthcare Bubble Burst? 19 Key PerspectivesHealthcare spending has been a topic of national conversation over the past decade as it continues to increase despite efforts to reduce waste…
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Numerous healthcare organizations recently shut down medical units and services to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or improve patient care lapses.
Last year marked the fifth performance year of the Medicare Shared Savings Program, during which ACOs reduced Medicare spending by $652 million, according to the Health Care Transformation Task Force.
Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor). Michigan Medicine’s sustainability efforts are overseen by its Environmental Stewardship Steering Committee, which is responsible for implementing conservation efforts across the health system. The hospital installed occupancy sensors for lighting and ventilation control and developed policies to…
University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore).To minimize its effects on the environment, the University of Maryland Medical Center created the UMMC Green Team to lead the institution’s sustainability and energy conservation efforts. In 2009, UMMC began multiple recycling programs to…
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University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood, Ohio). Ahuja Medical Center has implemented several initiatives to conserve energy and reduce costs. The facility’s design optimizes natural light use and incorporates bioswales throughout its landscaped areas to reduce runoff waters and increase onsite…
UCSF Medical Center/UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital (San Francisco). Officials at UCSF Medical Center recognized the importance of sustainability and incorporated measures to ensure its UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay campus — completed in 2015 — utilized energy-saving initiatives to protect…
September 2017 Issue of Becker’s Hospital Review On the Cover 60 Critical Access Hospital CEOs to Know 2017 Becker’s Healthcare is pleased to recognize the following 60 CEOs, presidents and administrators of critical access hospitals Click here to continue Executive Briefings…
Northwestern Medicine’s Program for Healthcare Quality and Safety (Evanston, Ill.). With several degree options available to students, Northwestern Medicine’s healthcare quality and safety program is designed to teach healthcare students and professionals the importance of improving patient safety measures across…
Police arrested a man accused of stealing and crashing an ambulance from a Michigan hospital Saturday, The Detroit News reports.