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As hospitals and health systems invest heavily in patient engagement initiatives to deliver a better clinical experience -- and in many cases, to drive revenue -- sometimes just changing how medical professionals interact with patients can have the biggest impact.
Despite an overall drop in doctor's visits, emergency visits and hospital care, children's healthcare spending rose in 2014, according to a new report by the Health Care Cost Institute that claims rising prices bridged the gap in utilization.
Congress and the VA came up with a fix: Veterans Choice, a $10 billion program. Veterans received a card that was supposed to allow them to see a non-VA doctor if they were either more than 40 miles away from a VA facility or they were going to have to wait longer than 30 days for a VA provider to see them. It sounds like a simple idea but it's not working.
Following the completion of its spin-off from Community Health Systems, Quorum Health Corp. on Friday reported a net loss of $5 million in the first quarter of 2016, which ended March 31, the company announced this week.
The rechristened Brian Allgood Ambulatory Clinic encompasses 51,000 square-feet of new space, and houses optometry, dermatology, physical therapy, podiatry and orthopedic clinics, along with providing office space for TRICARE, a program which offers comprehensive health coverage to uniformed service members and their families.
The Federal Trade Commission is appealing a Pennsylvania judge's decision allowing the merger between PinnacleHealth and Penn State Hershey Medical Center to go forward, according to court documents.
Pamela Peele knows that people who subscribe to cooking magazines have a much higher risk of going to the emergency room. But how she knows that is a whole other story.
While public rankings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and industry ones from groups like Leapfrog and Healthgrades, have raised awareness of hospital shortcomings in patient safety, and new report claims these programs fail themselves to stand up to scientific scrutiny.
iVantage Health Analytics on Monday named its top 100 critical access hospitals and the top 100 rural and community hospitals in the nation for their high scores in terms of patient satisfaction and financial stability.
In addition to faring well in terms of patient satisfaction, the hospitals are also operating on firm financial ground.