In today's healthcare market, the "good OR" is no longer good enough
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Blue Belt Technologies has seen a wide array of new opportunities this year, and it recently received Frost & Sullivan's 2014 Global Enabling Technology Leadership Award in orthopedic surgery.
Craig Spencer, MD, the patient being treated for Ebola at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City, has been declared Ebola-free and will be released from the hospital today, according to an NBC News report.
Only 45 percent of small and mid-sized business executives say they are ready for the implementation of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a recent survey conducted by the Lucas Group. The employer…
Consolidations and affiliations take many forms. During a panel session I moderated at our firm's Healthcare Executive Summit, held this past summer in Chicago, healthcare leaders shared their experiences and ideas about how other healthcare providers can engage in affiliations…
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While some consumers have expressed enthusiasm about telemedicine and private payers and CMS have displayed increasing interest in it, just 19 percent of healthcare practitioners said they have a system in place to get paid for telemedicine services, according to…
The use of social media platforms such as Twitter has transformed the way news, information and opinions are disseminated. Healthcare leaders have taken to Twitter as a direct, effective mechanism for communicating with the public, developing their organization's image and…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is one of the most highly contested healthcare laws and continues to be actively debated by legislatures, providers and patients alike. Among other factors, the recent midterm elections mark a critical shift in…
Nursing unions are campaigning strenuously in Washington, DC and state capitals for legislation mandating nurse-patient ratios in hospitals. They are right to highlight the connection between those ratios and quality healthcare, but the solution that they propose focuses on the…
Berkshire Medical Center has opened a renovated endoscopy unit at its North Adams, Mass., campus, according to a report by The Berkshire Eagle.