Memorial Hermann Healthcare System news and information

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In 2009, not-for-profit community hospitals say the federal government underpaid them by a collective $8.2 billion.
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Singing in a symphony chorus, caring for a young child and running a 268-bed hospital are all in a day's work for Erin Asprec.
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The country's healthcare system has made significant strides in its preparedness for hurricanes, acts of terror and other disasters since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Nonetheless, hospitals and other providers are not as ready as they should be for large-scale emergencies, experts say.
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Everyone counts on high-reliability organizations to ensure our personal safety when we fly on commercial airliners or travel near a nuclear power plant. Air traffic control, nuclear submarines, nuclear aircraft carriers and naval aviation all have well deserved reputations for high-reliability...
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Steadily increasing antibiotic use, the lack of new antimicrobials coming down the pipeline and the growth of multidrug-resistant organisms have together forced some real creativity among those who head up hospitals' efforts to control drug costs and combat overuse.
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If you were going to radically redesign the way a hospital delivers care to improve the quality while using fewer resources, would you want a business-school grad at the top of your organization or someone with experience delivering healthcare on the front lines?
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In their telling of two tales of trying to integrate their hospital systems with physicians, two prominent healthcare executives highlighted how difficult that process will be for other systems.
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Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, named Susan Distefano CEO of Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, effective next month, according to a system news release.
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