Richard Pizzi

Georgia Hospital Health Services, a subsidiary of the Georgia Hospital Association, has selected a Web-based benchmarking tool to help its hospitals analyze how effectively they use space in key revenue generating areas.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will insure a $28,310,000 loan to Baraga County Memorial Hospital in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, according to U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak (D-Mich.).

MedAssets, Inc., has reached an agreement to become the primary group purchasing organization and a technology provider for supply chain system optimization for Maury Regional Medical Center of Columbia, Tenn.

The Intermedix Corporation, a provider of business services to emergency providers, has acquired the assets and operations of the billing services division of ESO Solutions, Inc.

Healthcare reform legislation that comes out of Congress will result in payment reforms significantly changing the way hospitals do business.

The Hospital Corporation of America is going green.

Duke University Health System is moving forward with the construction of a state-of-the-art Cancer Center and the new Duke Medicine Pavilion, a major expansion of surgery and critical care services at Duke University Hospital.

Hospitals are growing concerned about the increase in a new strain of hospital-acquired infections, or HAIs. A study released in September by Arlington Medical Resources (AMR) and Decision Resources, found that a relapse or recurrence of Clostridium difficile infections in the hospital setting is difficult to treat.

October Editorial by Editor Richard Pizzi

Expanding health centers to reach an additional 20 million patients would result in overall healthcare savings of $212 billion over the 10-year period from 2010 to 2019, including federal Medicaid savings of $59 billion.