Imagine a hospital where the ICU's myriad devices seamlessly exchange data and where a patient's loss of dignity is viewed as a preventable harm on the same order as a fall or a bloodstream infection.
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Whether it's called outsourcing, partnering or another term, hospitals and health systems continue to use that approach as they realize that much of what they need isn't available in-house.
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Catholic Health Initiatives, the nation's second-largest Catholic health system, will invest as much as $200 million through a newly created venture capital group.
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In what experts say is a novel legal tactic to resolve hundreds of ongoing investigations, the Justice Department began e-mailing hospitals with instructions to examine questionable implantable-defibrillator surgeries on Medicare patients and estimate potential penalties under the False Claims Act.
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Two Twin Cities-area healthcare systems signed a letter of intent to merge, giving one organization control over five hospitals, a 1,500-physician multispeciality group practice, a 1.4 million-member health plan and a Medicare Pioneer accountable care organization. The merger between...
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An executive order signed by President Barack Obama launched a pilot program with HHS-funded facilities to reduce veterans' mental healthcare wait times. The order directed the Veterans Affairs Department to establish with HHS at least 15 pilot sites where veterans on waiting lists could receive...
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Imagine a hospital where the ICU's myriad devices seamlessly exchange data and where a patient's loss of dignity is viewed as a preventable harm on the same order as a fall or a bloodstream infection.
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A trio of independent studies released last week bolstered the view that U.S. patient safety is not improving despite the efforts of doctors, hospitals, the federal government and various patient-safety groups.
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Healthcare firms completed fewer deals in the second quarter of this year compared with the prior quarter, but the overall value of the transactions surged on the heels of a number of blockbuster tie-ups.
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President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, took a heavy beating last week at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. But those delivering the hardest blows weren't the two politicians whose names will top the GOP ticket...
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Digestion and some dyspepsia by health information technology users and leaders continued after three federal rules—running a combined 1,354 pages—were released by HHS late last month.
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The political winds are pushing healthcare reform to the top of the agenda this week in Charlotte, N.C., as the Democratic faithful gather there for the Democratic National Convention.
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The sudden exit last week of WellPoint President and CEO Angela Braly met with approval from investors and quickly spurred speculation about how Braly's successor will address what analysts describe as the company's miscues and underperformance.
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The defense of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act no doubt will be one of the major story lines from the Democratic National Convention this week in Charlotte, N.C. As we did with the Republican National Convention last week from Tampa, Fla., Modern Healthcare will have a team in...
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Hospitals' glacier-like movement toward joining the rest of the business world in actually telling customers how much they'll have to pay may have reached a milestone.
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Whether it's called outsourcing, partnering or another term, hospitals and health systems continue to use that approach as they realize that much of what they need isn't available in-house.
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“It was a day late, but the Republicans' parade of truth-twisting, distortions and plain falsehoods arrived on the podium of their national convention. … Following in the footsteps of Mitt Romney's campaign, rarely have so many convention speeches been based on such shaky foundations.
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Regarding “Ryan: Plan is bipartisan," Congressman Paul Ryan's call for transforming Medicare from the broken status-quo model to a defined contribution model is worthy of serious discussion. Especially in...
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A list of the nation's 80 largest healthcare management consulting firms, ranked by 2011 revenue from provider consulting fees. Source: Modern Healthcare's seventh annual Management Consulting Firms Survey. Published Sept. 3, 2012, p. 32.
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Dr. Leslie Hall has been named interim dean of the medical school at the University of Missouri, Columbia, as Dr. Robert Churchill prepares to retire from the post Oct. 31. Hall, 56, has worked as chief medical officer of University of Missouri Health Care and as senior associate...
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Architecture experts like to say Bertrand Goldberg's odd, ambitious design for the old Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago resembles an cloverleaf for its graceful, rounded floors, and they tout its gravity-defying lack of support columns thanks to a cantilevered design.
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The friends and families of the victims in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting have gone public with their displeasure in how the Community First Foundation is distributing donations from a relief fund.
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