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Potential finance lessons from prison healthcare
America's aging population is driving much debate about how healthcare dollars should be devoted over the next few decades, but it often ignores a sizable portion of that equation: inmates. How
100 million ED visits could be handled elsewhere
An estimated 17 to 27 percent of all emergency department visits for non-emergency care--or, about 104 million visits--could have occurred elsewhere, according to an article recently published in
Poor primary care capacity packs ERs
The emergency rooms of America are increasingly serving as backup for acute-care doctors. While general practitioners historically were the first point of contact for acute care, that's less the case
West Penn Allegheny Health loses $5.6M for quarter
In Pittsburgh, it's another sign of the times, with a major area health system--West Penn Allegheny--reporting an operating loss of $9.1 million and net loss of $5.6 million for the quarter ending
CT hospital seeks yet another bailout from state
It's been a rough eight years for the University of Connecticut Health Center, which has asked state legislators for big financial help packages three times during that period. This past week, the
