Jean DerGurahian January 26, 2009 United Medical Center had seen its share of struggles even before the economy took a turn for the worse. ... FULL STORY
Joe Carlson January 26, 2009 Diverting surgery and diagnostic cases from inpatient settings to outpatient ambulatory centers is cheaper for patients and hospitals alike, which is why Sutter Health executives have put such a focus on it in their effort to expand accessibility while containing costs. ... FULL STORY
David May January 26, 2009 As more details continue to emerge surrounding the sequence of events involving the heroic Hudson River splashdown of US Airways Flight 1549 in New York, the more the term “miraculous” seems an almost inadequate description of the outcome. ... FULL STORY
January 26, 2009 Responding to the high number of air ambulance crashes in 2008, the medical helicopter industry outlined specific recommendations to improve safety, including the required use of night-vision goggles and federal funding for hospital helipads. The Association of Air Medical Services, Helicopter... ... FULL STORY
January 26, 2009 President Barack Obama appointed former Federal Trade Commission member Christine Varney to carry out his antitrust enforcement priorities at the Justice Department as an assistant attorney general, including a harder line on managed-care mergers. (Meanwhile, Pennsylvania effectively killed off an... ... FULL STORY
January 26, 2009 Tenet Healthcare Corp., Dallas, announced an offer to exchange up to $1.6 billion in debt due in 2011 and 2012 for new notes that will mature in 2014 and 2019, thereby stretching out the company’s debt maturities. The company also announced preliminary results for the fourth quarter and for 2008 as... ... FULL STORY
January 26, 2009 Allina Hospitals & Clinics is fending off allegations by the Minnesota attorney general that the 11-hospital system and its subsidiary MedCredit Financial Services broke the state’s usury and consumer fraud laws. According to a lawsuit Attorney General Lori Swanson filed in Hennepin County District... ... FULL STORY
January 26, 2009 The Senate plans on swift passage of legislation this week to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) said at a news conference. The full Senate will be considering legislation that was approved by the... ... FULL STORY
Jean DerGurahian January 26, 2009 United Medical Center had seen its share of struggles even before the economy took a turn for the worse. ... FULL STORY
Andis Robeznieks January 26, 2009 Nobody seems to have any money these days—including hospitals. But one thing hospitals do have is hundreds—or often thousands—of employees who need places to live, shop, eat, play and relax. A growing number of cities are looking to leverage their healthcare employee base as the foundation of... ... FULL STORY
Joe Carlson January 26, 2009 In the third annual “Best of the Rest” regional rankings—integrated systems that fell short of making the cut for SDI’s IHN 100—providers in the Western U.S. came in with far lower scores than they did last year. ... FULL STORY
Joe Carlson January 26, 2009 Diverting surgery and diagnostic cases from inpatient settings to outpatient ambulatory centers is cheaper for patients and hospitals alike, which is why Sutter Health executives have put such a focus on it in their effort to expand accessibility while containing costs. ... FULL STORY
David May January 26, 2009 As more details continue to emerge surrounding the sequence of events involving the heroic Hudson River splashdown of US Airways Flight 1549 in New York, the more the term “miraculous” seems an almost inadequate description of the outcome. ... FULL STORY
Richard Scheffler January 26, 2009 We are told that the U.S. faces a daunting and imminent shortage of physicians—particularly primary-care doctors. A combination of skyrocketing demand by aging baby boomers and a raft of retirements by boomer-age physicians is about to propel us into a national crisis of healthcare choke points and... ... FULL STORY
January 26, 2009 I enjoyed the piece on management stress (“Stress up the ladder,” Jan. 5, p. 6), and found it very relevant and timely. I particularly liked the references to things people use to put their “stress” in perspective and gain focus on priorities. For a very long time, I’ve had a picture hanging in my... ... FULL STORY
January 26, 2009 Is Apple CEO Steve Jobs greatly underplaying his health concerns? Is a hormone imbalance the only reason for his weight loss last year? Has his cancer come back? And will he be well enough to return from a medical leave of absence that will last until late June? ... FULL STORY
January 26, 2009 Their names only differ by a few letters, and they work in the same sector and have the same quality goals. So it never comes as a surprise to Marc Chasin, executive medical director of quality and informatics at Good Samaritan Hospital, when people confuse him with that other guy—Mark Chassin,... ... FULL STORY
January 26, 2009 The next time Barack Obama is in the area, he might want to swing by the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City. It appears the new president has quite a few Internet-savvy fans there. ... FULL STORY
