Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society would like to thank the following five senior healthcare executives for serving as the judges for the 2008 CEO IT Achievement Award competition. We appreciate their...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS last week released an updated version of a national healthcare IT promotion plan that will give healthcare leaders—and members of Congress—a clear list of national goals...
An antitrust challenge from the Federal Trade Commission has prompted Northern Virginia’s five-hospital Inova Health System to abandon plans to acquire Prince William Health System, which consists principally of 163-bed Prince William Hospital in...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS last week released an updated version of a national healthcare IT promotion plan that will give healthcare leaders—and members of Congress—a clear list of national goals...
From boardrooms to kitchens, the reverberating cost effects of rising oil prices may well be the hottest topic of conversation among those trying to live within a budget. And now a forthcoming report from the Health Industry Distributors...
HHS needs to support its proposed guidelines on preparing for an influenza pandemic by providing sufficient funding and resources to businesses and communities, healthcare officials said last week.
Hospitals could claim a slight victory after the Joint Commission’s decision to delay implementation of the revised MS 1.20 standard, the contentious medical staff standard providers have found reason to dislike.
A recent court decision may allow hospitals to seek reimbursement for Medicare bad debt that’s warehoused with outside collection agencies along with other delinquent accounts.
In an effort to court providers to its national quality improvement initiative Aligning Forces for Quality, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gave physicians a wide berth in shaping the reportable measures that will be made public, according...
Prime Healthcare Services is building a hospital empire across Southern California. Prem Reddy’s company might want to take a look at the experience in the region of its most recent deal partner—Tenet Healthcare Corp., Dallas.
A new partnership between GE Healthcare and a prominent Pennsylvania academic medical center aims to speed innovation in the long-neglected pathology laboratory.
When the state of Georgia launches its new transparency Web site later this year, it will offer a tool to help residents plan an entire episode of care—from choosing a provider and planning a hospital stay to following health management practices...
Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society would like to thank the following five senior healthcare executives for serving as the judges for the 2008 CEO IT Achievement Award competition. We appreciate their...
Two weeks ago, the CMS launched an unprecedented advertising campaign in more than 50 U.S. newspapers advising patients to comparison shop using three dozen quality measures posted on a federal Web site (May 26, p. 8). The campaign and its message...
It is with great honor that the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and our members, recognize the recipients of the 2008 CEO IT Achievement Award, co-sponsored by Modern Healthcare and HIMSS.
When MultiCare Health System in Tacoma, Wash., launched an integrated electronic medical record at three of its hospitals in June 2007, President and Chief Executive Officer Diane Cecchettini watched as nurses hovered over computer screens.
To Douglas Hawthorne, chief executive officer of Texas Health Resources, a healthcare organization is like a coat. And information technology is the lining.
In the decades-old tug of war between healthcare competition and regulation, competition is gaining ground of late, and we hope the rope keeps heading in that direction. As we’ve argued many times in this space, increasing competition in the...
Regarding your May 30 Daily Dose item, “McKesson Corp. sued for alleged price-fixing”: Big deal. I’m sure every other drugmaker or distributor is guilty of doing the same thing. In the pharmaceutical world, you are innocent until you get...
In 1962 Frank Perez’ family fled Castro’s Cuba at the age of 18. In order to support his mother and three sisters, he worked as a cabinetmaker in Maryland. A typical immigrant’s tale? Perhaps.
It seems like Hollywood can’t get enough of healthcare these days. With “Sicko” not that far in the rearview mirror, two recent events show that the stars aren’t content with letting Washington have all the fun with the issue.
