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Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, Calif., will complete an emergency department expansion project over the next three years and use high-tech software to do it.
Southern California-based Newport Harbor Radiology Associates Medical Group, Inc., recently renewed its contract for three years with Zotec Partners and will use the company’s Electronic Billing Center practice management and billing software suite.
Despite the rapid growth of retail clinics, only a tiny fraction of American families in 2007 used them, according to the Commonwealth Fund.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ durable medical equipment accreditation requirement threatens patient access to important medical products because it adds unnecessary costs that will prevent pharmacists from being able to provide those services, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association.
A trip to the doctor has gotten a whole lot easier in Hawaii.
The Leapfrog Group has identified the “Highest Value” hospitals in the United States based on a review of more than 1,220 hospitals participating in the annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey.
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services has awarded $44 million in Health Care Stabilization Fund grants to six financially distressed hospitals in order to maintain healthcare access in underserved communities.
In late 2008, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the state of Louisiana selected adjacent sites in downtown New Orleans for the construction of two medical centers to replace hospitals damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Hospitals of all sizes have instituted hiring freezes and are putting off creditors in order to make their monthly payrolls.
David Bachman is a healthcare analyst for Longbow Research.