Montefiore Medical Center, New York, has signed a lease to operate an ambulatory-care center in an 11-story, 280,000-square-foot building to be built on a suburban-style medical complex in the Bronx. FULL STORY »
Montefiore Medical Center, New York, has entered into an accountable care agreement with Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, New York, the organizations announced. FULL STORY »
Two New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. facilities are among the New York hospitals with the lowest rates of preventable readmissions. FULL STORY »
Having computerized physician order-entry systems in place doesn't eliminate the risk of wrong-patient orders, but interventions that require providers to double-check their work can greatly reduce the likelihood that such errors will occur, according to a study in the Journal of the American... FULL STORY »
Uncertainty did not stop health systems from racing ahead with accountable care as the U.S. Supreme Court debated the law that launched Medicare's efforts to encourage the emerging model. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | January 09, 2012
| Print Magazine
The CMS has named 73 professionals who will participate in the agency's Innovation Advisors Program, a $6 million initiative to test new models of payment and healthcare delivery. FULL STORY »
By Ashok Selvam | January 02, 2012
| Print Magazine
Festivus, the fictional December holiday popularized by TV's “Seinfeld,” featured an annual airing of grievances, and thousands of nurses across the country celebrated the ritual with a flurry of union activity as the year closed. FULL STORY »
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