Here are 18 statistics and facts about Duke University Hospital. Note: Figures are for Duke University Hospital, hospital-based clinics and DUMC outpatient locations for fiscal year 2009 unless otherwise indicated.
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Here are statistics on the earnings of registered nurses from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2010-2011 Edition.
As Congressional Democrats work to salvage healthcare reform efforts, several states have announced that they plan to use ballot initiatives, court challenges and other tactics to “unravel” any healthcare legislation that passes Congress, according to a report by the Wall…
Hyland Software, based in Cleveland, has launched OnBase, an enterprise content management system, for use with the MEDITECH healthcare information system, according to a Hyland news release.
Acting New Jersey Gov. Stephen M. Sweeney recently signed into law a bill that would require health insurance carriers in the state to honor a patient's assignment of benefits to his or her healthcare provider, according to the Medical Society…
Earlier this month, the Department of Health and Human Services released proposed meaningful use criteria clarifying standards that hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers must meet in order to be eligible for healthcare IT funding under the HITECH Act. ASCs…
To demonstrate the return on investment on evidence-based design elements, the Center for Health Design in 2004 imagined a hospital that would include key features of recently built or redesigned facilities. Numerous research studies have shown that these design elements…
Medicare pays physicians for medical direction of nurse anesthetists at 50 percent of the reimbursement they would receive if they performed the work alone. CMS says physicians will be paid for medical direction of two to four concurrent cases provided…
The INSERM research group at the Institute of Research against Digestive Cancer used a new, in vivo microscopic imaging technology to develop a technique that may help improve outcomes of surgery to remove pancreatic cancer, according to a news release…