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Study: Hospital patients often can't identify their doctors
A new study concludes that patients are often unable to name so much as a single physician caring for them during their hospital stay, much less describe those physicians' roles in their care. To... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Hospitals fight for turf in wealthy Chicago neighborhood
As every hospital administrator knows, having control of the right neighborhood can make or break you. So it's no surprise that two prominent Chicago hospitals are engaged in a war to sell... Read more...
Study: MDs refer profitable patients to their ASCs
This isn't too surprising, but it's not something policymakers will like, either. A new study of referral patterns in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh metros suggests that physicians who are... Read more...
