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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, June 29, 2011
West Penn Allegheny Health System president and CEO, Chris Olivia, M.D., is replaced as the financially struggling Pittsburgh-based health system announces plans to be acquired by local health plan Highmark.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, June 29, 2011
The Federal Trade Commission says it will appeal a federal judge's ruling this week to deny a preliminary injunction against Phoebe Putney Health System Inc.'s proposed $195 million acquisition of rival HCA's Palmyra Park Hospital, in Albany, GA.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, June 29, 2011
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has launched an online directory of quality performance measures on physicians, hospitals, and ambulatory care services in each state, and national comparative data.
By: Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media, June 13, 2011
A long-distance partnership aims to tear down some long-standing traditions in how doctors are trained.
By: Joseph Hylak-Reinholtz for HealthLeaders Media, June 28, 2011
As the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board considers certificate-of-need applications submitted by two competing healthcare organizations, it weighs its own data against a half dozen factors before deciding if either — or neither may build.
By: Sandie Colatrella, RN, BSN, CLNC for HealthLeaders Media, June 28, 2011
Positive financial and clinical successes do not occur in isolation from one another. Weighing the return on investment for capital improvement projects that transform environments and offer patients a healing environment may favor the goals of financial leaders as well as clinicians.
By: Rebecca Hendren, for HealthLeaders Media, June 28, 2011
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recommends doubling the number of nurses with doctorate degrees by 2020. A nurse leader explains how advanced degrees can broaden nurses' scope and aid decision making in light of healthcare reform and other changes in care delivery.
By: Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Media, June 28, 2011
As President Obama announces a $500 million robot manufacturing initiative, I round up some of my favorite robot reporting. These are stories and columns about robots being used to interact with, anesthetize, and even intubate humans.
By: June 13, 2011
Date: August 16, 2011
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By: June 14, 2011
Date: July 20, 2011
About: Integration will be the key to success in the accountable care era, whether your organization develops an official ACO or not. Organizations must develop strong relationships with employed and affiliated physicians. Join us to get alignment strategies to thrive in an increasingly integrated industry.
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