Los Angeles-based UCLA Health System has launched the Daltrey/Townshend Teen & Young Adult Cancer Program to serve teen and young adult cancer patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, according to a health system news release.
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November/December Issue. We are pleased to share with you the November/December Issue of Becker’s Hospital Review, our annual benchmarking issue, which contains 200 quality, financial and operational hospital benchmarks. The special benchmarking section begins on page 16. This issue also…
10 Biggest Hospital Stories of 2011 2011 has not been a quiet year for healthcare. During the last 12 months, a number of provisions within the healthcare reform law went into effect, and proposed rules and guidance for several innovative…
The Society of Chest Pain Centers and the American College of Cardiology Foundation have agreed to support a registry of treatment guidelines for heart attack patients, according to a news release.
Fort Collins, Colo.-based Poudre Valley Health System is planning to use existing space to develop a new cancer center, according to a health system news release.
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Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., is ending its outpatient radiation and chemotherapy programs due to an emerging trend of private physicians' offices offering these services and because the programs were losing money, according to a St. Petersburg Times…
Despite a general increase in cancer survivorship research, a disproportionate number of studies focus on specific tumor sites, prevention, early detection and post-treatment effects, according to an Ohio State University Medical Center news release.
The University of Buffalo has opened the Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center at Buffalo (N.Y.) General Hospital, according to a UB news release.
Medicare cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy may spend approximately $6,500 more in a year for care in a hospital outpatient setting compared to a physician office, according to a Milliman report (pdf).
The U.S. video, high-tech and integrated operating room market is expected to increase to more than $2.3 billion in annual sales by 2018, according to a news release.