Intelligence Unit
Special Reports
Special Events
Subscribe
Sponsored
Departments
- Leadership
- Finance
- Technology
- Physicians
- Community Hospitals
- Health Plans
- Marketing
- Quality
- Nursing
- HR
Follow Us
Diagnosing the future of Charity Hospital
The Times-Picayune, March 26, 2008
At the state Senate's Local and Municipal Affairs Committee meeting at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, the main topic of discussion was the future of Charity Hospital. The question posed was this: Is there any analysis to substantiate the claim that it would be more cost-efficient to build a new public hospital rather than to renovate and reuse the Avery C. Alexander Charity Hospital, the art deco building where indigent patients and others sought healthcare for generations?
Most Viewed
Most Emailed
- Primary Care Docs Average More Hospital Revenue Than Specialists
- 69% of Employers Plan to Offer Healthcare Coverage After 2014
- How Chargemaster Data May Affect Hospital Revenue
- Building a Better Healthcare Board
- Insurer's App Aims to Lower Healthcare Costs, Securely
- ED Physicians Key to Half of Hospital Admissions
- Q&A: Catholic Health Initiatives' New Senior VP for Capital Finance
- Hospital Pricing Irks Nurses; More Jobs, Less Pay
- Don't Let Nurses Sink Your Bottom Line
- House Lawmakers Grill CMS Over Health Exchange Navigators
