The News & Observer / Associated Press, October 19, 2017
PITTSBURGH - Highmark Health will spend $1 billion to expand its Allegheny Health Network hospital chain, including a new 160-bed hospital in Pittsburgh's North Hills suburbs, four smaller neighborhood hospitals, and renovations to existing hospitals, the Pittsburgh-...
Lurie Children’s Hospital wants to add another 24 beds for cancer patients ó the hospital’s latest attempt to grow, even as other area hospitals pull back on their pediatric offerings.
Hospital food can be pretty ghastly, but one maternity ward in Japan has gone above and beyond with their culinary prowess. A new mom, Lauren Goeku, took her gourmet-looking meals to Reddit and impressed viewers across the globe with the quality of her meals.
Jessica Stipe was in so much pain that she was throwing up in the trash can in the waiting room of the Florida clinic where she had a 6:30 p.m. appointment on Monday, she says. But by 7:45 p.m., she still hadn’t been seen, she wrote on Facebook.
Despite increased use of online resources to inform health decisions, a new survey shows that the 75% of registered voters are not using emerging healthcare innovations such as online health records and e-prescription services.
Hospital patients who had good dining experiences were also more likely to provide optimal ratings for overall food quality than patients whose expectations were not met, study finds.
An emerging group of professionals, most often RNs, work across the care continuum to provide ongoing, proactive help at a lower cost to patients with high risk or complex needs.
If the feared reductions come to fruition, states would likely respond by either lowering their payment rates or restricting whom they cover and for how long.
