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By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 31, 2008
The University of Iowa Hospitals system plans to slash $24.8 million from expenses over the next eight months to meet its annual budget.Hospital officials made the announcement at an Iowa Boa...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 29, 2008
People are blaming the insurance industry for rising healthcare costs more than anyone else, according to a nationwide survey.The Harris Poll conducted a survey of 2,119 U.S. adults online b...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 29, 2008
The growth of philanthropic giving for healthcare in the United States fell by more than half from 2006 to 2007, while the Canadian rate of growth in donations nearly tripled, according to the Associa...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 27, 2008
La Maestra Community Health Centers has completed the underwriting of an $18.5 million bond initiative to support the construction of a new "green" health center.When completed, the...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 27, 2008
DALLAS – Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas is developing the first dedicated cancer hospital in north Texas, along with a new outpatient cancer center that will be the largest in the st...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 27, 2008
AS FORTUNES sour on both Wall Street and Main Street, many observers of the U.S. healthcare industry are waiting to see how badly a weakening economy will impact hospitals.“I’m pr...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 27, 2008
BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS, American voters will have chosen a new president.But no matter whether that next president is Barack Obama or John McCain, the challenges confronting him after inau...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 27, 2008
BERWYN, IL – In an era when energy is growing more expensive and environmental awareness is a hot topic, a Chicago-area health system is taking steps to reduce its carbon footprint while saving...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 27, 2008
BIRMINGHAM, AL – The Alabama State Health Planning and Development Agency’s Certificate of Need Board has approved the Children’s Hospital of Alabama’s plans for a 700,000 squa...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 27, 2008
Hawaii hospitals suffered operating losses of $150 million last year and expect the situation to worsen in the near future.The federal government's Medicare program and the Hawaii Quest progr...