Region tries new hands-on design method for children's hospital
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:58:48 -0800

By Janet French, The Star Phoenix December 8, 2011 2:54 pm saskatoon, SASK: december 8,2011--Working on the Children's Hospital mock-up December 8 2011 were managers, healthcare workers, doctors, families of patients, architects and designers. ...

Uganda: Masaka Hospital to Host National Diabetes Centre
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:00:09 -0800

Masaka Hospital will be the first of the regional referral hospitals to host the National Type One Diabetes Centre. At the launch of the National Type One Diabetes Management Committee on November 30, Dr James Sekajugo, Programme Manager, ...

Windsor hospitals greatly improve mortality rates
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:03:54 -0800

By Jason Viau, The Windsor Star December 8, 2011 3:54 PM Dr. Gord Vail holds media interviews to discuss motality rates at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital , December 8, 2011. WINDSOR, Ont. -- Windsor hospitals are saving more lives than expected, according to ...

Hospitals adding urgent care clinics to relieve overcrowding, doc shortage
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:28:34 -0800

Hospitals trying to ease strained emergency rooms (ERs) and to overcome a lack of primary care physicians are embracing urgent care centers, report Kaiser Health News and USA Today. They increasingly are adding urgent care centers, hoping to boost ...

Health union, HCA settle contracts at 19 hospitals
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:48:18 -0800

By John Dorschner, Miami Herald A health care union announced Wednesday that its workers at 19 HCA-owned hospitals in Florida have approved "landmark agreements" the latest development in a recent surge of union activity that has included the ...

Oelwein leaders consider buying Mercy Hospital
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:17:48 -0800

OELWEIN, Iowa --- Oelwein community leaders said they are seriously considering purchasing Mercy Hospital after the facility's parent organization offered it up for sale earlier this week. Jack Dusenbery, president and CEO of Wheaton Franciscan ...

Local briefs: Kaiser hospital joins breast-feeding effort
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:39:01 -0800

Hospital officials said last week that Fresno will be among Kaiser Permanente's 29 hospitals with newborn deliveries that the health system vows will become a designated "Baby- Friendly" hospital by Jan. 1, 2013. Baby-Friendly hospitals focus on 10 ...

Inova Loudoun Hospital Celebrates Magnet Redesignation
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:51:47 -0800

Inova Loudoun Hospital staff celebrated their recent Magnet recognition on Tuesday, Dec. 8, with a "Mission Magnet" themed event. Courtesy of INOVA Loudoun Hospital Inova Loudoun Hospital staff celebrated their recent Magnet recognition on Monday, Dec. ...

Hospital group spends $685K on 3Q federal lobbying
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:18:15 -0800

(AP) washington the Federation of American Hospitals increased its third-quarter spending on federal government lobbying, as it opposed possible hospital reimbursement cuts and focused on several elements of the health care overhaul. ...

Hospitals urge GP visits for minor ills
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:30:54 -0800

Thames Hospital clinical director Dr Ruth Large said the hospital dealt with more than double the number of patients during the first three days of January compared with an average week. Most patients were people holidaying in the Coromandel and from ...

CHW, Sutter pay $2.3 million to settle Medicare double-billing case
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:03:51 -0800

By Darrell Smith Two of Sacramento's biggest health care players paid a combined $2.3 million to the federal government to settle allegations that 61 of their hospitals double-billed Medicare for therapies and services, US Department of Justice ...

Few Hospitals Combating CAUTI; Lack of Federal Payments Show Limited Impact
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:48:09 -0800

A nationwide survey conducted by the University of Michigan Health System and the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System shows few hospitals are aggressively combating the most common infection catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...

HIMSS: Most hospitals still developing mobile policies
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:02:05 -0800

In a new survey from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), just five of the 164 mostly hospital -based respondents said that no group of professionals in their organizations used mobile devices to access information ...

Decatur General Hospital & Specialists On Call Partner to Deliver High Tech ...
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:10:53 -0800

DECATUR, Ala., Dec 07, 2011 (Business wire) -- Specialists On Call, Inc. (SOC), the nation's leading provider of clinical telemedicine, announced today that it is now providing emergency on-call services to Decatur General Hospital in northern Alabama. ...

Hospitals call for elimination of MTA payroll tax
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:03:51 -0800

Newburgh the deal worked out in Albany to remove the MTA payroll tax from Mid-Hudson Valley and Long Island county small businesses and schools should be extended to hospitals , the president of the Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State said. ...

State commission says hospital taxing issue needs further study
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:17:22 -0800

By dinah voyles pulver, Staff Writer A preliminary draft report from a state commission studying public hospitals indicates the panel found problems with the hospitals and taxing districts but feels further study is necessary because the issues and ...

State fines two OC hospitals for medical errors
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:06:10 -0800

By courtney perkes / the orange county register two Orange County hospitals have been fined by the state for medical errors that caused the death of one patient and led to another undergoing surgery to remove an object left during an earlier operation, ...

Hospitals face fines for overdose, leaving sponge in patient
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:51:52 -0800

The California Department of Public Health issued $85000 in fines against 14 hospitals for medical errors that caused or were likely to cause serious injury or death to patients, officials announced Thursday. Three of the hospitals Henry Mayo ...

State hospital reporting to become obsolete?
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:14:52 -0800

Hospital quality reporting on a state level may be falling to the wayside as more hospitals are opting for the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) database, which now mandates reporting. Arguing that state reporting is too burdensome ...

Aetna Accuses Michigan Blue Cross of Anticompetitive Hospital Rates Scheme
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:02:17 -0800

By Edvard Pettersson - Wed Dec 07 02:38:18 GMT 2011 Aetna Inc. (AET) sued Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the state's biggest health insurer, saying it uses an anticompetitive scheme that forces rival insurers to pay more for hospital services. ...