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Settlement stems from 2014 OCR complaint that staff member from Spencer Cox Center disclosed a patient's protected health information.
The study found that 30-day mortality rates were 1.5 percent lower at teaching hospitals, and that rate was consistent across nearly every procedure and condition.
Younger patients, those with higher deductibles and those living in a higher-income community were the most likely to use the tool.
Peter D. Banko, Centura's current president and chief operating officer, will assume CEO role, Centura says.
Partnership with GE Healthcare with first focus on improving clinician productivity and patient outcomes in diagnostic imaging.
Report said 6 in 10 hospitals looked at had c-section rates above the national target rate for low-risk births.
There could be a slowdown of the momentum created by the ACA towards care coordination and value-based care initiatives, analysts say.
Jersey Shore leaders say they expect the integration to provide financial stability, job security.
While security experts were expecting a second wave of attacks this week, the outbreak has begun to slow.
New report says patient-to-doctor ratio shows "healthy surplus" of docs; other report says aging population will exacerbate shortage.