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NewsCleveland Clinic, leading hospitals blast ACOs
Similar to some other renowned health systems, Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Delos M. Cosgrove, MD, condemned federal rules of the accountable care organization (ACO) proposal released in March. Read more...
Unencrypted email implicated in Geisinger patient data breach
Even Geisinger Health System, which has touted its sophisticated EHR, is not immune to patient privacy breaches. In letters that went out to more than 2,900 patients, Geisinger Health System Read more...
Health system giants launch collaborative to raise quality, cut costs
A group of high-profile healthcare systems are not waiting around for the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to tell them what works in terms of improving quality and reducing costs. Read more...
Eight healthcare lobbyists for every member of Congress
Does the healthcare industry really need eight lobbyists for every member of Congress? Apparently so, as 4,525 lobbyists fanned out across Capitol Hill last year, in an effort to influence healthcare Read more...
Trend: Search firms, in-house recruiters focus on Internet to find doctors
In the past, it was fairly standard for medical practices and hospitals to pick up the phone and contact their favorite physician search firm when they needed to recruit a doctor. These days, Read more...
MA plans big changes to provider pay
A group of Massachusetts officials are planning an extraordinary healthcare experiment--one arguably as radical as the forced downsizing of New York's health care system. A state commission is urging Read more...
| Press Releases"Engineering" Better Healthcare Delivery at Geisinger Health SystemFree Webinar on Geisinger Health System's Blueprint for Better Resource Management and the Expanding Role of Real-Time Locating Systems (RTLS) in Hospital Operational ImprovementPITTSBURGH, Dec. 13, Read more >> Geisinger Health System Pathology Chooses Altosoft Insight Business Intelligence Platform To Improve Quality of Care, OperationaTurning data from multiple sources into actionable insight, in a fraction of the time and cost of competing solutionsMEDIA, Pa., Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Altosoft, an innovator in the field of Read more >> Leading Health Care Organizations Announce Collaborative Effort to Improve Care, Lower CostsCleveland Clinic, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Denver Health, Geisinger Health System, Intermountain Healthcare, Mayo Clinic, and The Dartmouth Institute to form new group Download image LEBANON, N.H., Read more >> Geisinger Implements MedEx System to Enhance Medication Delivery, TrackingDANVILLE, Pa. and PITTSBURGH, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Geisinger Health System's pharmacy is improving the real-time location and status of medication delivery through the use of Aethon's MedEx system, Read more >> |
