Survey: Hospitals Name Their Least Favorite Insurers
Each year ReviveHealth, a hospital public relations firm in Santa Barbara, Calif., asks hospitals to name the most problematic payers. This year’s loser: WellPoint
Hospitals Finding Patients On Google, Facebook
When the University of Pennsylvania Health System sought new patients for its lung transplant service last year, it turned to Facebook and Google.
Top 10 Children’s Hospitals in the United States includes Houston’s Texas Children’s
As you consider treatment facilities for your child, keep the nation’s 10 best children’s hospitals in mind.
THCA Expresses Concern About TX Leaders’ State Budget Directive
Following 2011 state Medicaid cuts of $58 million and $234 million in Medicare cuts, the new directive to state agencies from Texas leaders to freeze spending at last year’s levels has prompted the Texas Health Care Association to warn that the worsening state-federal budget squeeze will have a significant, damaging impact on facilities’ ongoing ability to care for an increasingly older patient population.
Life-Threatening Germ Poses Threat Across Medical Facilities
Infections from Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), a bacteria that causes diarrhea and other health issues, is a patient safety concern in all types of medical facilities, not just hospitals as traditionally thought, according to a new Vital Signs report today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Colon Cancer Screening Day Targets First-Time Patients
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. A nationwide campaign to screen 1,000 “first-timers” for colon cancer is being led by StopColonCancerNow.com. The campaign urges all first-time patients to complete or schedule a colonoscopy on the designated colon cancer Screening Day.
Patients Come First with Seton Total Health Person-Centered Care
Total Health Partners is a team comprised of nine people – a physician, registered nurse, nurse practitioner, social worker and five health promoters. Patients come to the program primarily through referrals.
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children to Start Billing for Services
The board of trustees of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC) has authorized the hospital to begin billing for patient care. The decision to accept reimbursement is part of an effort to ensure that a strong plan is in place to protect and sustain the hospital’s 90-year legacy of delivering premier patient care to children throughout Texas.
Is A New Federal Patient Safety Effort Doing Enough To Curb Medical Errors?
The Medicare program is betting on a new course of action to curb what one medical journal has dubbed an “epidemic” of uncontrolled patient harm.
America’s Three Million Nurses are Changing Healthcare in Dramatic Ways
With more than three million nurse professionals in the United States alone, nursing is the largest segment of the healthcare industry and touches every facet of care from the doctor’s office to home care to hospitals according to The UCLA School of Nursing.
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