Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has published a new executive briefing titled, Healthcare Reform and Accountable Care: Where Do We Stand?
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Approximately 150 registered nurses are partaking in a three-day strike, protesting terms of their contract with Range Regional Health Services in Fairview, Minn., particularly in regards to patient safety and staffing ratios, according to a Star Tribune news report.
A study by researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery has discovered that patients with a history of significant medical issues are at risk for major complications following total knee arthroplasty, according to the abstract in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
A recent American Hospital Association survey on hospital drug shortages mirrored the results of an American Society of Anesthesiologists drug shortage survey conducted in April 2011, according to an ASA release.
The American Association of Physician Specialists has named four anesthesiologists to its board of directors for 2011-2012, according to an AAPS release.
Connecticut is planning to select a board and staff members to oversee the development of a state health insurance exchange, which would allow individuals and small businesses to comparison shop for health insurance starting in 2014, according to a Health…
The Minnesota Hospital Association provides a free, downloadable 'safe site' poster.
The annual Iowa Employer Benefits Study showed a disparity growing between rural and urban Iowa in the cost, availability and quality of employer-based health insurance, according to a Des Moines Register report.
Kearney County Health Services, based in Minden, Neb., provided a medication history/discharge order/patient instructions form for use in a medication reconciliation toolkit developed by the Critical Access Hospital Network and available on the website of the Nebraska Hospital Association.
Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, advisor to Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney, has expressed his support for state health insurance exchanges, according to a Wall Street Journal report.