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Ralph J. Riccardi Jr., is president and CEO of SourceMedical, the largest provider of outpatient information solutions and revenue cycle management services. He previously served as the president and chief operating office of the company's therapy division and was a…

Amerinet has signed a sole-source agreement with OSF HealthCare, owned and operated by the Peoria, Ill.-based The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, to continue their partnership for another four years.

Tift Regional Medical Center in Albany, Ga., has added the Da Vinci robot for robotic gallbladder surgery, according to a My Southwest GA report.

Here are six studies on hospital readmissions in the past month, beginning with the most recent.

Advanced Pain Centers in Festus, Mo., is opening an outpatient pain management clinic in Sullivan, Mo., according to a Sullivan Journal report.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Hollywog, a medical device company, will add 22 jobs over the next 18 months in a $400,000 expansion, according to a Knox News report.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers a free toolkit on promoting healthcare organizations' public reports on quality, cost and other measures.

K7 has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its K7C Cervical Spacer spinal implant for use as an intervertebral body fusion device.

Patients who are not engaged in their healthcare can cost hospitals up to 21 percent more than patients who are engaged, according to a study in Health Affairs.

Paul H. O'Neill, former secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush and a former CEO of Alcoa, suggested President Barack Obama require hospitals to report patient safety events daily in an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.