Ambulatory Care news and information

The Texas Medical Association is calling for appointment of a federal health information technology safety czar, while the American Medical Association wants to see more health IT safety research focused on systems in ambulatory care.
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Ambulatory care is getting more sophisticated, and advanced healthcare services that once required hospitalization can now be delivered on an outpatient basis.
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John Muir Health, Walnut Creek, Calif., has formed a joint venture with Tenet Healthcare Corp. that will give the not-for-profit system a 49% stake in Tenet's San Ramon Regional Medical Center.
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Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation has plans to battle for patients against Fresenius Medical Care, the world's largest provider of dialysis treatments.
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Montefiore Medical Center is expected to buy bankrupt New York Westchester Square Medical Center when the Bronx community hospital puts itself on the auction block next month for about $14 million.
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Four Colorado ASCs have filed an antitrust lawsuit against HCA, HCA-HealthOne, Centura Health, the Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Flu vaccines are now mandatory for Rhode Island healthcare workers who have direct contact with patients in healthcare facilities in the state. The policy, proposed by the Rhode Island Department of Public Health, gained approval despite objections from the American...
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Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine International has agreed to establish a network of outpatient primary-care clinics throughout India with India-based Bharat Family Clinic.
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NEW YORK—New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. said major construction is complete for its $325 million Harlem Hospital Center Mural Pavilion, which opened at the end of September. The pavilion, which connects the Harlem Hospital's Martin Luther King Jr. Pavilion and the Ronald H.
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Physicians Endoscopy, a developer and manager of endoscopic ambulatory surgery centers, has acquired a minority interest in the Elgin (Ill.) Gastroenterology Endoscopy Center.
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