This report compares cost and quality of care at teaching and community hospitals in six states. Unlike many similar studies, the authors of this report focus exclusively on the privately insured, under-65 population (those most like to be offered employer-sponsored consumer-driven health plans) and only on secondary care, that is,...
CHICAGO -- Fitch has downgraded to 'BBB-' from 'A-' its rating on the SynergyHealth, Inc. SynergyHealth $50 million Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds Series 2003 (St. Joseph's Community Hospital of West Bend, Inc. Project). In addition, Fitch has downgraded its underlying ratings to 'BBB-' from 'A-' on...
Recent health care policy has promoted the community hospital as one remedy for the contracted district general hospital. Unfortunately, a literature review reveals a weak evidence base to support this policy. Although descriptive studies demonstrate the flexible, multi purpose role of community hospitals, there is a worrying paucity of the...
CHICAGO -- GE Healthcare announced today at the Radiological Society of North America's RSNA 90th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, that it recently signed contracts with two new customers in the United States to build all-digital community hospitals over the next two to three years. These new...
For much of the past two decades, a war has been brewing between traditional community hospitals and a new breed of doctor-owned specialty hospitals that focus on specific treatments such as cardiac angioplasty, outpatient surgery or knee and hip replacements. Although often cast in loftier terms, in reality the fight...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Safeway Launches Events and Fundraising for Prostate Cancer CampaignC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Safeway is kicking off its annual prostate cancer fundraising and awareness campaign this week. The company said this marks the eighth consecutive year that Safeway...
* Part of UnitedHealth Group's 20-year, $200 million California Health Care Investment Program CYPRESS, Calif. -- UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and its PacifiCare of California subsidiary are providing easier access to capital financing for smaller health care organizations that provide vital health care services to underserved, low-income and...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- As physicians and hospitals become more strategically aligned and committed to working together to meet patient demand for seamless care, Informatics Corporation of America (ICA; www.icainformatics.com) points to the need for a technology solution to access, evaluate and act upon patient information across disparate systems. ICA's solution,...
Concerns about potential threats to waterquality, quality of island life, and natural areas designated as "openspace" on Great Diamond Island have prompted conservation andsustainable-development organizations to ask the City of Portland, ME, touphold the agreements that allowed the original development of Diamond Coveto move forward nearly 20 years ago. The...
Today Spoken Translation, Inc.and Bayshore Community Hospital announced that Bayshore will be the firsthospital in the nation to adopt Spoken Translation's product Converser forHealthcare, English/Spanish. Converser is the world's first interactive software system for reliableinterpretation of wide-ranging conversations between English and Spanishspeakers. Bayshore plans to use Converser in all customer-facingdepartments,...
NAPLES, Fla. -- Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE:HMA) announced today that its management will give a presentation at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference to be held September 9, 2008, at the Grand Hyatt New York in New York City. HMA's management will give its presentation on...
HIE Will Connect Ambulatory EMRs to MEDSEEK's Enterprise Portal During Phase II BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- MEDSEEK, a leading provider of enterprise portal connectivity solutions, today announced that Western North Carolina Health Information Exchange HIE implemented MEDSEEK's physician portal at Park Ridge Hospital. This "go live" completes the first...
Candidates vying for two openings on the Los Medanos Community Healthcare District board hope to broaden the agency's presence in the community. About 85,000 people live in the Los Medanos district, which includes Pittsburg, Bay Point and small portions of Clayton, Clyde, Antioch and Concord. The district...
FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) today announced that management will participate in the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference to be held September 9, 2008, at the Grand Hyatt New York in New York City. The investor presentation by W. Larry Cash, executive vice...
Cases of chickenpox -- a disease that was once nearly universal -- have fallen 57% to 90% in communities across the USA since a vaccine was introduced in 1995, a new report shows. Before the vaccine, 4 million Americans a year came down with chickenpox, nearly 11,000 were...
Noodles & Company, the quick-casual,globally inspired noodle restaurant that serves a balanced menu of freshlysautéed Asian, Mediterranean and American cuisine, will open its thirdrestaurant in the Kansas City metro area on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 11 a.m.The restaurant is located at 8538 NW Prairie View Road in the Zona Rosashopping...
What's up in Ann Arbor, Mich.? Utah fans were met with choruses of "Welcome to Ann Arbor," "Welcome to the Big House" and "Glad you came." Even after the Utes beat the home team, the courtesies were being extended to those of us in red. The welcomes came from everyday...
The Aiming for a Cure Celebrity Shoot and Auction, which was held last March 15, 2008, raised over $155,000 for the University of Iowa Children's Hospital to further cancer research. Hunter's Specialties helped organize the first Aiming for a Cure event five years ago and have remained a...
FLEX has long touted the benefits of a lower-carb diet. We don't just believe in lower-carb dieting for losing weight, but for health benefits, too. Yet few experts in the science and medical community shared our view of low-carb diets. In fact, many claimed for years that following a low-carb...
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