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Are Half of hospitals Insolvent? Not Exactly: A few weeks ago, we highlighted the surprising fact that top nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. are making a ton of money, even as many of them shirk their legal duty to serve the uninsured. Some are now even charging patients enormous sums up front before treating them for cancer...; Tags: Hospital, Healthcare, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Michigan Nukes Expensive Cancer-Radiation Sites: When a Michigan commission recently voted to deny several hospitals the right to build expensive "proton-beam therapy" sites for cancer treatment, it took a major step into the brave new world of explicit healthcare rationing. The rationale behind the decision was fairly straightforward. Four hospitals had each...; Tags: Hospital, Center, Healthcare, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Cash Up Front or Else -- Why hospitals Are Gouging Their Patients: People who've just been diagnosed with a life-threatening disease already have plenty of things to worry about. Now comes one more unexpected concern: Many large hospitals are demanding up-front payment before they'll admit patients for cancer treatment and other expensive care. This WSJ story is a classic...; Tags: Payment, Patient, Hospital, Insurance Company, Health Care, Insurance, Healthcare, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-04-28
As hospitals Hit the Skids, Odds of a Healthcare Crisis Rise: It's not just big insurers who are sinking into the swamp these days -- hospitals are slipping as well. And while it's a little early to know for sure, the problems of health plans seem quite likely to make those of hospitals even worse. Yesterday, Tenet Healthcare...; Tags: Patient, Hospital, Tenet Healthcare Corp., Health Care, Nothing, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Nonprofit hospitals Get Wealthy Fast, but Don't Share Much: Last week, a page-one WSJ story revealed the dirty little secret of some nonprofit hospitals -- they have grown very very wealthy, very very quickly. (The article itself, titled "Nonprofit Hospitals, Once For the Poor, Strike It Rich," is visible via this Google News link, but otherwise behind a paywall.)...; Tags: Hospital, Beth Israel, Healthcare, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-04-12

The Week That Was in Healthcare: As we start a new week, here's a quick wrapup of important healthcare stories that you might have missed in the week that was: Retail health clinics -- often staffed by non-physicians and set up in big-box retailers or drugstores -- have been touted as one way...; Tags: Program, Patient, Hospital, Health Care, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Data Mining, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Data Management, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Nonprofit hospitals Get Wealthy Fast, but Don't Share Much: Nonprofit Hospitals Get Wealthy Fast, but Don't Share MuchWhat Type of Not-for-Profit HospitalsThe headline for this article is terribly misleading. It implies that all not-for-profit hospitals nationally use the tax advantages they receive to enrich themselves and their directors at the expense of service to their communities. The...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, hospital, health care, new wing, nonprofit hospital, wing; Discussion threads 2008-04-15
Cash Up Front or Else -- Why hospitals Are Gouging Their Patients: Cash Up Front or Else -- Why Hospitals Are Gouging Their PatientsHealth care crisisI find it disgusting that people in the US are subjected to this kind of treatment. We are 1st world right? Why dont they send someone over to Taiwan and inspect their medical infrastructure and systems. My...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Financial Planning, Benefits, hospital, Cash Up Front, insurance, health care, patient; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Medicare Ups the Ante on Medical Mistakes -- But Risks Going Too Far: Two weeks after health plans like Wellpoint announced they would follow Medicare's lead in refusing to pay for eight preventable medical problems in hospitals, Medicare has upped the ante by proposing nine more conditions for which it won't fully reimburse hospitals, including surgical infections, wild swings...; Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Incentive, Patient, Hospital, Medicare, Health Care, Roy Poses, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Good News Not Totally Absent in Healthcare: Medical costs continue to rise much faster than general inflation, the insurance safety net is fraying as health plans and hospitals push the financial burden of being ill back onto the sick themselves, and even people who get their insurance through work have seen their premium contributions rise ten times...; Tags: Hospital, Aetna Inc., Health Care, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-05-06
St Richards hospital, Chichester: This is a predominantly three-storey steel structure with first floor 'clean air' operating theatres and wards, second floor plant room and spectacular central full height atrium, partially covered with a Texlon (ETFE) transparent cushion roof. The upper floors consist of varying Asymmetric Slimflor Beam sections up to 300ASB196 supporting SD225...; Tags: Corus Group; Case studies
Leeds Nuffield hospital Leeds: The Leeds Nuffield Hospital is one of the most technically advanced independent hospitals in Europe. The 11-storey, 20,000 mts.sq floor area hospitals has six operating theatres, eight intensive care beds, a ten-bedded day case unit and 80 private in-patient beds. Common too many hospitals, strict control of the floor plate...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Corus Group, hospital; Case studies
hospital Replaces Air Conditioners: A hospital found itself needing to replace an existing air conditioning system. Due to the critical nature of a hospital, continuing normal operations without temperature control is not an option. The contractor on the project called in HPSI to review the situation. HPSI designed a system utilizing a 100 ton...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, hospital, team; Case studies
Alliant Energy Case Study: Wayne County hospital: Wayne County Hospital had been adding to its electricity infrastructure on an as-needed basis since it was built in 1954. The hospital could not afford to lose electricity, but it was clear that all the piecework upgrades were not keeping up with their overall needs. Alliant suggested upgrading and re-doing...; Tags: Alliant Energy, hospital; Case studies
McPherson hospital: Howell, Michigan: McPherson Hospital, located in Howell, Michigan, is a 136 bed community hospital and a unit of the Catherine McAuley Health System. Conversion from disposable dishware to washable dishware by all Michigan hospitals could reduce solid waste production by as much as 880 tons per year. Despite some additional costs, McPherson...; Tags: Michigan, hospital; Case studies
A Case Study of Six Critical Access hospitals: More than 750 small rural hospitals have been certified as Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) since the inception of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program in 1997 under the Balanced Budget Act. Despite rapid growth in the number of CAHs and the advantages of cost-based reimbursement and lower staffing requirements, CAH...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, hospital, reimbursement, staffing, Medicare; Case studies
Case Study: Digitizing the hospital in Trofa: Hospital da Trofa is a small privately run hospital near Porto in Northern Portugal. It was one of the partners in a European Commission funded project, Team-HOS. The Team-HOS project developed a participatory methodology aimed at the health sector and piloted in hospitals in three countries. The methodology focused on...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, hospital, health care; Case studies
Hypothetical Case Studies for Discussion With the Provincial Panel: A 62 year-old man is to have a revision of his total hip replacement. This procedure is associated with a potentially large amount of blood loss and often requires a blood transfusion. Because this patient is on blood pressure medication, he is turned down by CBS/HQ for pre-donating his own...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, hospital, patient, blood pressure; White papers
Case Study: Memorial hospital (USA): Beginning operations in 1952, Memorial Hospital of Union County is a community hospital serving 65,000 residents of Union, Madison, Marion, Delaware, Logan, and Champaign counties. Located roughly 20 miles from Columbus, OH, the 92-bed facility provides a full range of primary care services, including general surgery, obstetrics, and emergency care....; Tags: Regulatory compliance, Regulations, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, 3Com Corp., HIPAA, patient, health insurance, health care, network; Case studies
Case Study: Doylestown hospital: Doylestown Hospital's existing site was beginning to look dated, and was not consistent with the image presented through a radio and print campaign. The hospital needed a way for prospective patients to search through a list of hospital-affiliated doctors. A "Find a Doctor" application was developed that harnesses data within...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, hospital, patient, radio; Case studies