Ambulatory Care news and information

What it does: Since 2005, the Laser Spine Institute has performed minimally invasive endoscopic procedures as an alternative to open-neck and back surgery. The company operates regional spine centers in Houston, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Tampa, Fla.
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Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has formed a partnership with the other heavy hitter in its market—Florida Hospital's Tampa Bay Network—to offer joint services and programs, and expand its geographic scope.
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More than 135,000 physicians, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors working in ambulatory care have relied on just five vendors of complete electronic health-record systems to help them achieve meaningful use under Medicare's electronic health record incentive payment program,...
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A list of the nation's EHR vendors with the most installations in ambulatory care offices, based on total number of installations for EPs from April 2011 to currently available. Source: Modern Healthcare reporting based on data from the CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health...
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South Carolina's hospitals collectively submitted 46 plans for improving the lives of chronically ill, uninsured residents who frequently use their emergency rooms.
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Healthcare added 32,700 jobs in August, and a revision to July's numbers increased job creation for the sector by more than four times what was previously reported.
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The nation's hospitals, nursing homes and outpatient clinics continue to fall short when it comes to performing necessary—and sometimes very basic—steps to prevent the spread of infection that can cause illness or death, new data from the Joint Commission show.
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Healthcare added 2,500 jobs in July, a slower growth pace that was consistent was the relatively sluggish national job hiring trend for the month.
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There was good news and bad news in a new study on the costs versus benefits of electronic health-record use in ambulatory care.
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Hospitals girding for an influx of Medicaid patients in 2014 under the healthcare reform law's Medicaid coverage expansion recently were given some new regulatory tools to deal with the financial fallout.
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