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CT vet wins nearly $1M for botched eye surgery
A 60-year-old Army veteran won a $925,000 settlement with the Department of Veterans Affairs after he was blinded in...
Hospitalist Firms Cogent, HMG to Merge
Cogent Healthcare and Hospitalists Management Group are merging to form "the largest private hospitalist company...
Web Exclusive: 5 Ways Green Surgical Teams Save Hospitals Money
 It's no secret that healthcare facilities produce huge amounts of trash, specifically 6,600 tons per day, much of...
Hospital Labor Costs Ratchet Up; Wage Growth Still Slow
Total compensation costs – wages, salaries, and benefits – for hospital employees rose 2.1% in 2010, just...
Tampa Bay hospitals ring in the new year by going tobacco-free
Hospitals around the Tampa Bay region are ringing in 2011 with a healthy resolution long in the works: extinguishing...
Web Exclusive: Hospital Research Partnership Targets Obesity
Florida Hospital and Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have teamed up with Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical...
Carolina Medical Center feels psychiatric care strain
A surge in emergency room patients needing psychiatric care has strained Carolinas Medical Center's overall ability to...
Lifesaving drugs may be killing health workers
Healthcare workers are being diagnosed with cancers that occupational-health specialists say could be linked to...
Nurse-on-Nurse Hostility Remains an Issue
To those outside the nursing profession, it may be a bit frightening to hear the phrase, "nurses eat their...
Mandating nursing staff levels may hurt 'safety net' hospitals
A recent study by the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center shows that patients receive better care when...

Continuing Education: The Physician Advisor’s Role in CDI: A Collaborative Approach for Success
This one-day seminar provides an in-depth session on the essential functions of the physician advisor and his or her...