hospital administrators news from FierceHealthcare
NewsDocs adding MBAs to MDs in healthcare business
More physicians today are training as entrepreneurs in the business of healthcare, reports the New York Times yesterday. In addition to medical degrees, physicians are more often seeking business Read more...
Cultural training unites hospital administrators, physicians
Two weeks ago, I was asked to visit a Midwestern hospital where physicians had voted to have the CEO's contract terminated. During several years of fighting, battle lines had developed over what was Read more...
Medco: Drug usage on the rise again
Drug usage, which dipped during the recession, appears to be on the rise again, according to Medco's new drug trend report. The drug use gauge provides to hospital administrators a clearer picture of Read more...
Study: More than half of ED nurses physically assaulted at work
Everyone knows that nurses have a tough job, but getting spit at, hit, pushed or shoved, scratched and kicked is another matter entirely. These are just some of the hazards faced by nurses working Read more...
Primary care group outlines swine flu management plan
Emergency departments are increasingly being hit with inflows of patients fearful that they have the H1N1 influenza virus, otherwise known as swine flu. Hoping to help hospitals manage the problem, Read more...
Readers respond: Non-profit hospitals the wrong target
Recently, I wrote an editorial suggesting that maybe the not-for-profit hospital model was getting outmoded. At the very least, after all, it's clear that it's getting tougher for legislators, Read more...
Number of hospitals requesting up-front payments continues to expand
A few months ago, FierceHealthFinance recounted the tale of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, which drew considerable attention when in 2006, it asked a leukemia patient for $105,000 in cash up front Read more...
Trend: Hospitals apologize for mistakes publicly
Typically, hospitals have shied away from the legal exposure and bad publicity that come with apologizing publicly for mistakes. Lately, however--prompted by the industry's increasing push toward Read more...
Colonoscopies increase in New York City
A new study suggests that the number of New York City residents 50 and older who have had colonoscopies has risen sharply--by about 50 percent--over the last five years. The survey, which was Read more...
Case study: TX hospital uses 'lean manufacturing' methods
At St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, administrators were as likely to get a patient letter saying that their experience was dreadful as they were to get letters praising the hospital experience. Hoping Read more...
| Press ReleasesIn Face of JCAHO Ban of Physician Texting, TigerText Says, “Yes You Can”TigerText Will Protect PHI While Enhancing Patient Care LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), which provides accreditation for more Read more >> Industry Experts Briefed on Bio-Intervention Specialists’ Electro-BioCide, an Innovative Disinfectant for Reducing HBio-Intervention Specialists invited to present to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health and the healthcare group purchasing organization Read more >> eCareSoft Delivers on Promise of Successful Stage 1 Attestation in 120 Days or LessAUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- eCareSoft announced successful Stage 1 Attestations of Meaningful Use for Central Texas Hospital System (CTH) today. Using eCareSoft's true-cloud EHR Read more >> Healthcare Predictive Analytics Leader Apollo Data Technologies Changes its Name to MethodCare, Inc.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Apollo Data Technologies Health, Inc., a leading provider of predictive analytics for hospitals and health systems, announces today that the company has changed its name to Read more >> Thomson Reuters Launches Solutions to Help Hospitals Thrive in the Changing Reimbursement LandscapeANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters today announced new Payment Reform Solutions designed to help U.S. hospitals manage risk and seize Read more >> |
