Henry Powderly

Healthcare Finance analyzed Healthgrades' 2015 Patient Safety Excellence Awards and the 2015 Outstanding Patient Experience Awards to see which hospitals showed up on both.

Healthcare deals totaled $104.7 billion in the first quarter, up 109 percent compared to the first quarter of 2014, according to preliminary estimates by Connecticut-based Irving Levin Associates.

Healthgrades list based on CMS data on patients who stayed at these hospitals between 2011 and 2013.

Healthgrades list based on surveys from patients who stayed at these hospitals in 2013.

Nearly 1,000 hospitals were named either top hospitals for patient experience or patient safety on Tuesday by Denver-based healthcare ratings company Healthgrades.

Physicians Realty Trust said it made 9 acquisitions in the quarter, adding 23 properties to its portfolio of medical buildings.

Like in previous months, growth in ambulatory healthcare led hiring for the sector with 19,000 jobs added in ambulatory care.

So far, 28 states expanded the program, with most showing a real drop in charity care and bad debt after the adoption.

According to the nonprofit healthcare provider, operating revenue was $4.3 billion in the second quarter compared to $3.5 billion in the prior period.

The drug, BCX4430, delivers a small molecule into the body that in studies showed to be effective in blocking the Ebola virus from reproducing.