The board of directors of Bluefield Regional Medical Center agreed to sell the hospital to a subsidiary of Tennessee-based Community Health Systems.
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As healthcare costs rise and healthcare reform gets underway, more medical schools are grappling with how to incorporate teaching the financial side of practicing medicine into their curriculum, according to a report in The New York Times.
Several provisions in the healthcare reform law could make healthcare more efficient and responsive, according to a report by the Washington Post.
On May 3, 2010, a panel of speakers shared their thoughts on strategic planning for hospitals and ASCs in a free webinar hosted by ASC Communications and moderated by Scott Becker, JD, partner at McGuireWoods and publisher of Becker's Hospital…
Significant income and wealth gaps between primary-care and specialty physicians influence medical students' career choices and have led to a shortage of primary care physicians, according to researchers at Duke University whose findings were published in Health Affairs.
The Department of Health and Human Services launched its data breach information website in February and has since received 64 reported incidences, affecting over 1 million people, according to a report in American Medical News.
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A shorter daily shift schedule for endoscopists avoids a decrease in the polyp detection rate as the day progresses, according to a news release from Mayo Clinic.
Marcy Sasso (Ambulatory Surgical Center of Union County, Union, N.J.). Ms. Sasso is the director of operations at the Ambulatory Surgical Center of Union County in Union, N.J. The multi-specialty center has been open for nine years and offers orthopedics,…
Sarah Martin, regional vice president of operations of Meridian Surgical Partners, shares three character traits that ASCs should watch out for when recruiting new physicians.