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A study by Motorola has found that more than 80 percent of global information technology decision makers within the healthcare industry reported that mobile technologies were more important to their organizations today than they were in 2008, according to a…

A recent survey found that nearly twice as many U.S. adults are concerned about the rising cost of healthcare than are concerned with unemployment, according to a Catholic Healthcare West news release.

Cuts are expected in the subsidies that the government pays health insurers to run private Medicare programs in 2010, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Solara Surgical Partners is a surgical facility management and development firm. Solara's principals have provided services to more than 75 ASCs and specialty hospitals. The company, based in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, develops, manages and invests in surgical facilities across the…

Although pain management practices have recently faced considerable reimbursement challenges, ASCs can take steps to overcome these challenges by focusing on growing services and patient volume. 

St. Mary's Good Samaritan, a health system which includes two hospitals in Southern Illinois, is moving forward with plans to build a new 138-bed hospital, a surgery center and a medical office building in Mt. Vernon, Ill., according to a…

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Hospital executives leading nationally recognized superior programs offer a variety of tips for achieving those coveted designations, but they all sound like variations on the answer to that old Broadway joke: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice.…

The importance of developing outstanding programs, often referred to as “Centers of Excellence,” in specific specialties has taken on new importance in critical specialties such as orthopedics, neurosurgery and spine, cardiology and oncology. This article discusses how developing a grand…

Here are three products that were cited as "must haves" for pain management practices by an ASC pain management physician and administrator.