Nashville General to end inpatient care | Trump selects Alex Azar to lead HHS | 10 states with most, fewest female physicians in 2016 | Study: Readmission reduction program boosts mortality rate for Medicare patients with heart failure From: Becker's…
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Texas hospital closes after hurricane damage | 10 states that retain most, fewest physicians post-residency | CHS to sell more hospitals worth $2B in revenue | 85% of patients, providers say healthcare costs disproportionate to quality From: Becker's Clinical Leadership…
Concurrent neurosurgeries safe for patients, study finds | Insurers: Addiction should be treated with same urgency as cancer | 42 states receive ‘F’ for physician quality transparency | SSM Health lays off 350 employees From: Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection…
Hospitals in SD, Ky. to lose Medicare contracts | Joint Commission releases 2017 quality, safety report: 3 takeaways | Major fault line drives 93-year-old Calif. hospital to close | Does recurrent C diff change patient behaviors? From: Becker's Clinical Leadership…
DC hospital to cut ties with operator after patient safety concerns | 5 thoughts on antibiotic stewardship with infection control expert Dr. Ed Septimus | Humana to lay off 1.3k employees | Joint Commission: More hospitals adopting, reporting eCQMs From:…
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Chicago hospital sues Leapfrog for defamation | Physician supply in every state, ranked | Epic sued for allegedly double-billing Medicare, Medicaid | UPMC CEO Jeffrey Romoff: We want to be the ‘Amazon of healthcare’ From: Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection…
Ex-quality officer claims operator of United Medical Center in DC undermined patient safety efforts | Oregon hospital to pay $277k fine over staff breaks | CMS releases physician fee schedule for 2018: 6 things to know | Study: Physicians unhappy…
4 in 10 healthcare professionals work with flu-like symptoms | CMS releases final OPPS rule for 2018: 8 things to know | Nurses accuse Tenet hospital of patient safety violations | Study questions efficacy of heart stents for chest pain…
Is this year’s flu vaccine effective? Not everyone is convinced | 73% of medication-related EHR alerts are overridden | HCA’s net income tumbles to $426M | Dr. Atul Gawande on how a presurgical checklist helped him save a patient’s life…
Leapfrog safety grades: 15 F hospitals, 59 straight-A hospitals | Flu vaccine improves outcome rate for other infections | Trinity Health operating income up 76% to $266M | Intermountain unveils $7M high-speed jet to retrieve organs for transplants From: Becker's…