Systems news and information

An investment advisory firm has dealt a blow to Health Management Associates in recommending that shareholders vote to replace its current board of directors with eight new members.
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Cleveland Clinic and ProMedica, a Toledo, Ohio-based eight-hospital system, have signed a letter of understanding to develop a health system affiliation aimed at creating a clinically aligned network to provide population-management services.
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HMA is prepared to invite some of Glenview Capital Management's proposed nominees onto its board of directors, but the hedge fund is rebuffing the offer.
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Joint replacement prices at the most costly California hospitals plunged by one-third after the state required its workers and retirees to pay out of pocket all costs above a “reference price” of $30,000 for orthopedic surgery, a new study said.
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The number of hospitals facing financial penalties for failing to stop patients from returning to the hospital will remain steady next year, but the potential severity of the punishments is doubling.
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Tim Serban, chief mission integration officer for Providence Health & Services' Oregon division in Portland, trained as a disaster spiritual-care provider for the American Red Cross in the aftermath of the TWA Flight 800 crash off the coast of Long Island in 1996.
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Before Michael Young became president and CEO of PinnacleHealth System in Harrisburg, Pa., the organization donated slightly more than $1 million a year in benefits to the community. Today, annual community benefit programs and charity and uncompensated care total nearly $100 million, and the...
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Patients at the Diabetes Health and Wellness Institute at Juanita J. Craft Recreation Center in southern Dallas hail from a community where residents are three times as likely to die from diabetes-related complications as in Dallas County overall. That fact inspired Joel Allison, president and CEO...
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The homeless, working people who lack healthcare insurance, and many others in northeast Florida all can attest to the impact of Hugh Greene's civic leadership in the Jacksonville area.
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Efforts to promote economic growth, the success of bioscience jobs and businesses, and the attractiveness and use of public parks in the Memphis, Tenn., area have all received boosts from the community involvement of Gary Shorb, president and CEO of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare since 2001.
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