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Parma (Ohio) Community General Hospital could became part of Cleveland's University Hospitals health system by the end of 2013. Officials of both organizations announced that they have signed a letter of intent to explore adding the Parma hospital to the University Hospitals system.
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A list of the nation's 20 largest not-for-profit hospital systems, ranked by total net revenue. Sources: American Hospital Association 2013 Guide; Modern Healthcare reporting. Published July 1, 2013, p. 34.
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Baylor Health Care System and Scott & White Healthcare are headed toward becoming the largest not-for-profit system in Texas and one of the bigger ones in the U.S.
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Sansum Clinic and Cottage Health System have signed a letter of intent to merge and create an integrated health system combining three hospitals and 23 ambulatory sites serving patients near Santa Barbara, Calif., according to a news release.
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Officials hoping to enroll millions more beneficiaries into Medicaid programs this fall are signaling the possibility of a slow start. Ultimately, they hope to use some past success to overcome obstacles that have long left uncovered millions of Medicaid-eligible enrollees.
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Multiple factors contribute to drug shortages, but issues within the quality systems of manufacturing appear to be the primary cause, according to a survey conducted by the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering.
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Vincent Caponi has been named executive chairman of the board for St. Vincent Health in Indianapolis and senior VP of Ascension Health Alliance, the St. Louis-based Catholic health system that sponsors St. Vincent Health.
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The watershed moment for OhioHealth came several years ago, during a meeting of the health system's quality of care committee, when senior leaders distributed a detailed list of all of the serious safety events that had occurred at OhioHealth's eight hospitals during the previous year.
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A major foundation wants software developers to invent tools to help consumers and others better understand Medicare data comparing hospital prices.
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Much has changed in the years since the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, companion reports released in 1999 and 2001 that sounded the alarm about high rates of adverse events and the urgent need to adopt proven best practices in healthcare.
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