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Skyrocketing: Hospital costs 55 percent higher in Mass., than national average
Hospital costs throughout the U.S. are constantly on the rise, but nowhere more so than in Massachusetts, where they rose to more than 55 percent above the national average in 2007. The culprit? A... Read more...
Hospital CEOs: Reform savings goals doable with lean, Six Sigma, Toyota methods
Looked at from one perspective, the $155 billion cost-savings goals President Obama has set for already-struggling hospitals are pretty darned intimidating. By one estimate, every U.S. hospital will... Read more...
