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Trend: CT scan usage climbing, raising radiation fears

November 26, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Spurred by improvements in the technology, the use of CT scans has mushroomed in recent years, climbing from 20 million in 1995 to 63 million in 2005. Increasingly, physicians and hospitals are using... Read more...

Trend: Residency programs not keeping pace

October 29, 2007 — 7:59am ET
While enrollment is climbing rapidly at U.S. medical schools, it's beginning to look like the country's residency programs aren't yet ready to absorb the influx. The nation's 126 medical schools have... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: GA physicians not keeping pace with state's growth

October 10, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Georgia has seen dramatic population growth in recent years, along with growth in the number of physicians practicing there. However, the number of available doctors isn't increasing quickly enough,... Read more...

ED boarding major issue for NY-area hospitals

June 10, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Like peers around the country, hospitals in the sprawling region surrounding New York City are facing a emergency department crowding crisis. A recent survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians found that more than half of physicians responding from New York state, New Jersey and Connecticut reported that ED boarding had increased significantly in recent years. More worrisome, nearly …

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ALSO NOTED: Mass. Medical Society head pushes EMRs; FL HMO fails; and much more...

November 21, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

> The new head of the Massachusetts Medical Society says he plans to continue the society's push for health IT adoption. Article

> The state has taken over management of Coral Gables, FL-based DoctorCare, a physician-run Medicare HMO with 6,000 members. Article

> Maine's …

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Hospital mortality gaps grow among elderly

October 17, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

While risk-adjusted mortality rates for elderly patients improved, the mortality rate gap between high-performing and poorly-performing hospitals has grown in recent years, according to research by healthcare rating firm HealthGrades. For its ninth annual study, HealthGrades analyzed 40.6 million Medicare records taken from 2003 through 2005, examining care at the nation's 5000 non-federal hospitals. The firm then gave hospitals a one, three or five-star rating based on outcomes in each …

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Editor's Corner

August 31, 2006 — 8:01pm ET


Two stories about hospital construction caught my eye this week. The Birmingham Business Journal reported on the impact sky-high hospital …

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Stricter guidelines needed for anesthesia

August 8, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Conscious sedation--a form an anesthesia in which medication is used to help a patient relax during a medical procedure--has become a popular alternative to general anesthesia in recent years. This is placed pressure on busy anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists to administer the drugs, and some surgeons would like to be able to carry out the procedure themselves. But safety experts warn that anesthesia is tricky and must be performed by a trained professional. The fact that state …

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GE moving into the hosted EHR business

June 26, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

GE, which has been expanding its role in the healthcare IT industry in recent years--especially with last year's purchase of IDX--will begin remote hosting EMRs on a pilot basis in Texas and Wisconsin. The service, called Centricity Enterprise Remote Services, will first be used by Heart Hospital Baylor Plano in January 2007. GE will offer computerized order processing, nursing and physician documentation, electronic medication administration records (MAR), and patient management to …

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Alvarado Medical Center trial headed for mistrial?

March 5, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The jury in the federal racketeering trial of Tenet's Alvarado Medical Center in San Diego appears to be sharply divided and may be on the way to a deadlock. Last week, a juror wrote to Judge M. James Lorenz to complain about "personal biases" on the part of several other jury members. The jury has been in deliberations for 35 days. The first trial in the case last year ended in a mistrial. Federal prosecutors allege that the hospital violated anti-kickback laws when it offered referral …

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