These hospitals have the 40 highest scores on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems rating for "Percent of patients who reported that the area around their room was 'always' quiet." Hospitals are listed as ranked in the…
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Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and the University of Minnesota are collaborating on a $182 million surgery center project, according to a Star Tribune report.
The New Jersey Healthcare Disclosure and Transparency Act is up for discussion today in the state legislature, prompting healthcare stakeholders to discuss the legislation's potential effect on the industry and out-of-network providers, according to an NJ Spotlight report.
A review of medication errors showed anesthesia providers who were in training were more likely to report an error, with the most common type of error being incorrect doses and substitution, according to a study published in the Canadian Journal…
Last flu season, approximately 71 percent of acute-care hospital workers in Massachusetts, received the flu shot. That number increased to 81 percent this flu season but fell short of the 90 percent goal posed by federal regulators, according to a…
According to a 2006 report from the Pew Research Center, 34 percent of Americans classify themselves as "very happy", 50 percent as "pretty happy" and 15 percent as "not too happy." Medscape asked U.S. physicians who happy they were with…
Michael Doyle is CEO of Surgery Partners, which acquires, develops and manages free-standing ASCs in partnership with leading physicians. To date, the company has acquired 50 surgery centers across the nation. Mr. Doyle is responsible for overseeing the firm's day-to-day…
Several factors prevent the drug manufacturing industry from increasing supply to meet demand for scarce anesthetic drugs, which have been in a severe shortage for two years, according to a Med City News report.
Aetna has clarified its new reimbursement policy for in-office surgical pathology testing, according to a news release from The Joint Commission.
ThedaCare will begin construction on ThedaCare Medical Center in Shawano, Wis., next year, with completion expected in 2014, according to a Chicago Tribune report.