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By Jeff Lagasse | 03:29 pm | August 18, 2016
A new peer60 study analyzing services offered to hospitals by HCAHPS vendors shows price, reporting functionality and customer service are all important features to their provider customers.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:47 am | August 18, 2016
Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa is working on an 11-story hospital tower and new parking garages in a campus-wide renovation project that could cost up to $500 million.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:37 pm | August 17, 2016
As questions about the quality of telehealth services remain, one southern state is considering allowing telemedicine vendors to operate in the state, while another will re-examine its strict limits on the practice.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:29 pm | August 17, 2016
Experts are clashing over whether accountable care organizations have lived up to expectations, according to commentaries published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:13 pm | August 16, 2016
While telehealth is gaining ground as a way for healthcare providers to save money, concerns over the quality of care received still need to be ironed out, according to a new briefing from Health Affairs.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:33 pm | August 15, 2016
The healthcare providers plan to open several more centers in the urban market by early 2017.
By Jeff Lagasse | 02:52 pm | August 15, 2016
By itself, the higher-value care intervention doesn't live up to its cost reduction potential, due mostly to inadequate funding, researchers say.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:56 pm | August 05, 2016
Dignity Health-GoHealth Urgent Care, a joint venture created to bring urgent care centers to California's Bay Area, this week opened its latest clinic.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:09 pm | August 05, 2016
Crews in Minot, North Dakota are continuing work on a $250 million medical park for Trinity Health, taking advantage of dry weather to ensure the revamped campus is built on a solid foundation.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:50 am | August 04, 2016
Community Health Systems is set to unload two more hospitals than originally planned, bringing the total number to 12, according to a transcript of a second-quarter earnings call.