A group of healthcare professionals, policy makers and cancer survivors provided insight into the reasons for the high cost of cancer care and offered possible solutions to make a "radical shift in cancer policy" in a report in The Lancet…
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South Jersey Healthcare, based in Bridgeton, N.J., has received the green light from state officials to proceed with expansion plans to make room for its residency program, according to a Daily Journal report.
Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall Rivers, Mass., has released its $35 million expansion plan, according to a Herald News report.
David Schlactus, CEO of Hope Orthopedics of Oregon and Willamette Surgery Center in Salem, shares three internal benchmarks he believes are essential to ensuring case profitability in an ambulatory surgery center. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on…
Neither duration of anesthesia nor increased cumulative time with profound sevoflurane anesthesia was associated with increased risk for new malignant disease within five years after surgery in previously cancer-free patients, according to a study published in the Oct. 2011 issue…
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The top drivers of rising cancer care costs are chemotherapy, hospital admissions, emergency room visits and aggressive end-of-life care, according to a news release by The US Oncology Network.
The $26 million replacement Edgerton (Wis.) Hospital is scheduled to open Oct. 1, according to a Wisconsin State Journal report.
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health hospitals Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, N.C., and Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., have affiliated with Cleveland Clinic for cardiovascular services, according to a health system news release.
Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center is partnering with Buffalo Heart Group to expand its cardiology services, according to a Buffalo Business First report.
This year Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City was ranked first in the nation in orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report. Thomas Sculco, MD, surgeon-in-chief at the hospital, says one of the reasons for its success in…