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By Kelsey Brimmer | 04:03 pm | April 03, 2012
The Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) and its founding health systems announced a set of six challenges for hospitals nationwide aimed at improving the healthcare sector's environmental footprint during a media briefing Tuesday.
By Chris Anderson | 02:47 pm | April 03, 2012
Chemotherapy treatments for privately insured patients delivered in an outpatient hospital setting cost 24 percent more than when the treatments are provided in a doctor's office, according to a new study by Avelere Health.
By Michelle McNickle | 02:29 pm | April 03, 2012
From Twitter accounts to Google Places, social media has become a mainstay in marketing for physician practices. John Lynn, founder of Healthcare Scene blog network and co-founder of Influential Networks, offers seven tips for marketing a physician practice to patients.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 02:03 pm | April 03, 2012
Wisconsin actually started, then stopped, building a health insurance exchange (HIX). But as the GOP presidential candidates gear up for Tuesday's primary -- and the Supreme Court mulls its decision on the the Affordable Care  Act (ACA) -- the health reform law and its insurance exchanges aren't the only things with a questionable future in the Badger State.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:03 pm | April 03, 2012
A new study by Avelere Health shows that chemotherapy treatments for privately insured patients delivered in an outpatient hospital setting cost 24 percent more than when the treatments are provided in a doctor's office.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:51 am | April 03, 2012
IDC Health Insights has released a new report on best practices for establishing enterprise or community health information exchanges (HIEs).
By Chris Anderson | 11:37 am | April 03, 2012
A new poll from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and The Washington Post shows that the Supreme Court hearings last week on the Affordable Care Act damaged the opinion people have of both the court and the law.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 10:16 am | April 03, 2012
Lancaster Pollard closed on a $25 million financing deal with Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa, Iowa, for a 52,000-square-foot expansion of the healthcare facility, the financial services firm announced Monday.
By Rene Letourneau | 10:07 am | April 03, 2012
Many U.S. not-for-profit hospitals and health systems will likely face increased pension funding needs in the next several years despite an improvement in funded status in 2011, according to a Standard & Poor's Ratings Services report released Monday.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:05 am | April 03, 2012
Mary Naylor has a national reputation for her work as a geriatric scholar and for her examination of the contributions of nurses to the healthcare system.