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Lower ED Margins Demand a Better Strategy
Healthcare Costs Hit Record High, But Growth Rate Slows
Incentives push doctors to electronic medical records
Intermountain Healthcare alerts patients to cumulative radiation exposure
3-D printer makes life-saving splint for baby's airway
May 23, 2013
$6.4B Henry Ford, Beaumont Merger Failed on Cultural Hurdles
Less Blood Testing for Some Surgeries Safe, Cost Effective
UC hospitals cancel surgeries, divert patients amid strike
Scramble at Moore Medical Center as tornado hit
Latest from Parkland: All the good stuff happens in executive session
KY short 3,800 doctors even before Medicaid expansion
Lake Erie Regional Health System cuts jobs at two hospitals
Opinion: Colonoscopy mill operator doesn't concern insurance company
May 22, 2013
Uncompensated Care Faces a Double Hit in Some States
House Lawmakers Grill CMS Over Health Exchange Navigators
Tornado struck hospital but patients, staff unharmed
Hospital 'code black' before flood of tornado patients
Loophole in healthcare law could stick doctors with tab
WI hospitals reduce central-line infections
May 21, 2013
ED Physicians Key to Half of Hospital Admissions
How Chargemaster Data May Affect Hospital Revenue
Healthcare workers set to strike CA public hospitals
15% of physicians declining EHRs
L.A. poised to go after Las Vegas hospital in patient-dumping cases
May 20, 2013
69% of Employers Plan to Offer Healthcare Coverage After 2014
Primary Care Docs Average More Hospital Revenue Than Specialists
Helper robots are steered, tentatively, to care for the aging
Surgeons-in-training dislike new work hours
UC hospital strikers' numbers to be decided by court
May 17, 2013
Case Study: Advance Care Conversations
Obamacare: 3 years in, it faces steep challenges
NC state officials pitch Medicaid managed care to doctors
Pills tracked from doctor to patient to aid drug marketing
Medical robot lets off-site doctors work quickly to diagnose patients
Seeking calm on the cancer ward
May 16, 2013
Quiet ORs Better for Patient Safety
Tavenner Confirmed as CMS Administrator
Docs, nurses disagree over expanded nurse roles
May 15, 2013
Healthcare Leaders Sound Off on Organized Labor
How Medical Debt Forgiveness Benefits Hospitals
Senate Finance Committee Hears More 'Doc Fix' Testimony
$223M Medicare fraud bust nabs 89 in 8 cities
Bills seek to open ME hospital board meetings to public
Health plans seek EHR data for new payment models
How a FL med school cares for communities in need
Liberty Hospital lays off workers, shuts down wound clinic
May 14, 2013
Access to EHR Notes Lauded by Patients, Providers
CMS Proposes Reduced Hospital DSH Cuts
Medicare drug program fails to monitor prescribers
Senators Want Provider Feedback on Medicare Payments
Nearly one-third of all death certificates are wrong
Opinion: Want to improve healthcare? Spend less on it
VT end-of-life bill heads to governor
Hospitals promote screenings that experts say many people do not need
A vegan office: How one workplace has moved to get healthier together
May 13, 2013
Value-Based Healthcare Needs New Bond Rating Metrics
Building a Better Healthcare Board
A healthcare business that's reviving house calls
Opinion: Healthcare plan needed for end of life
May 10, 2013
Surgeon-Driven Quality Effort Slashes Complications, Costs
Whistleblower Fines Against Tuomey, Adventist Health
NC hospitals fight bill that would benefit free-standing surgery centers
Glimpsing the future of e-healthcare from a Rio favela
May 9, 2013
CMS Releases Hospital Pricing Data
Leapfrog Hospital Safety Scores 'Depressing'
Getting to the right relationship between docs and drug companies
May 8, 2013
Hospital billing varies wildly, government data shows
Telemedicine is Retail Health Clinics' Newest Tool
Hospital EDs Seeing Sicker Medicare Patients
Lawmakers Mull SGR Options
Many medical guidelines don't consider costs
Opinion: More Medicaid, more health?
TX doctor sues US over Affordable Care Act
Should doctors get random drug tests?
May 7, 2013
AMA Raises Reimbursement Concerns Over EHR Workarounds
St. Joseph Medical Center Settles Stent Cases
Redesigning ER flow with lessons from The Gap
Every disease on earth: Elmhurst Hospital's medical melting pot
MN liability insurer helps high-risk doctors stay in business
'Care guides' show another face of health reform
Conversations with patients about death
May 6, 2013
Medical School Enrollment Forecast Tempered by Residency Concerns
4 Strategies for Managing Hospitalists
Botched brain surgery prompts extensive review at SSM Health Care
'Virtual healthcare' gaining ground
Hepatitis B no barrier to healthcare work, federal officials declare
May 3, 2013
Medical Director Compensation Increasingly Tied to Value, Quality
Hospitals Find ROI in Recycling Efforts
NJ hospitals credit Obamacare for drop in infections
Physical by smartphone becoming real possibility
May 2, 2013
ED Cost of Care Greatly Underreported, Researcher Says
Hands-On Robotic Surgery Promo Connects with Shoppers
FL lawmakers provide no money for drug-abuse database
DOJ: 2 MT hospitals to pay $3.95M over referrals
MT hospital says woman posed as nurse
Doctor resentenced to life in federal prison for bombing chief of AR Medical Board
May 1, 2013
Slideshow: Path to Collaborative Care Paved with Risk, Revenue
Primary care physician pay rose 2.9% nationally
Baptist Hospital Miami launches $90M expansion
MetroHealth to stop hiring smokers