Richard Pizzi

Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners, technical occupations and support personnel increased significantly in March, according to a report released this week.

Nearly one million patient-safety incidents occurred among Medicare patients between 2006 and 2008, costing U.S. hospitals $8.9 billion.

SSM St. Mary's Health Center in St. Louis plans to overhaul its main entranceway as part of $7 million in upgrades planned in 2010.

Kaiser Permanente will put solar power systems in 15 healthcare facilities across California by the summer of 2011.

More than $80 million in losses over the last four years has led Children's Hospital & Research Center of Oakland, Calif., to develop a three-year plan to restructure its services.

When President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last week, he also made permanent The Indian Health Care Improvement Act, the cornerstone legal authority for the provision of healthcare to Native Americans.

A new report predicts that the global market for anesthesia drugs will grow at an annual rate of 4.8 percent through 2014.

Average healthcare costs for U.S. employers increased 7.3 percent in 2009, with small employers hit the hardest, according to Thomson Reuters.

Beginning in 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will expand the number of ICD-9 diagnosis and procedure codes it will process and accept on institutional claims.

St. Mary's Health System of America, based in Evansville, Ind., has signed a new technology and services agreement that is intended to help improve its accounts receivable management.