The University of California-San Diego's Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center is now open for outpatients, according to a San Diego Union-Tribune report.
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About 18 months ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services cut cardiologists' reimbursement by approximately 40 percent, which drove many cardiologists out of private practice and into hospitals. Recently, health systems such as Denver-based Centura Health, Camden, N.J.-based Lourdes…
Quorum Health Resources recently honored Bruce P. Bailey, CEO of Georgetown (S.C.) Hospital System, with the 2011 Excellence in Leadership awards for Quality Initiatives and Best Overall Performance, according to a report from The Sun News.
Nearly a quarter of physicians turn down free samples of drugs offered by pharmaceutical companies, according to an SK&A release.
The nonprofit healthcare area is complex, continuously evolving and filled with uncertainty as the health industry seeks to work within the guidances and regulations being issued under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Saint Vincent Health Center in Erie, Pa., and Cleveland Clinic have signed a letter of intent to form a clinical collaboration in cardiac and neuroscience programs, according to a Saint Vincent news release.
Annual mammography was not cost-effective for women aged 40-79 years who had an initial mammography at 40 years of age regardless of breast density, according to an article published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Cancer Centers of North Carolina in Raleigh is expanding its gynecologic oncology program by adding Jennifer M. Rubatt, MD, according to a McKesson Medical-Surgical news release.
Adventist Hinsdale (Ill.) Hospital and Adventist La Grange (Ill.) Hospital are planning to launch additional focus groups before beginning construction of a new cancer and outpatient treatment center, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report.
Community Hospital of the Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula and the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center have created an affiliation to enhance patient cancer care in central California, according to a UCSF news release.