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Hospitals
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#AHCJ18 panel to examine impact of hospital consolidations on costs
Last year, there were 115 hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions – the highest number recorded in recent history,…
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Physicians say Anthem policy on ‘unneeded’ ER visits puts patients at risk
Emergency medicine physicians contend that Anthem’s policy regarding payment for emergency room visits in some of its markets has been…
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Making a strong case for attending the upcoming AHCJ conference
Sammy Caiola, a health journalist in Sacramento, is nothing if not prepared. As far back as December, Caiola had delivered…
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More hospitals reporting quality data from EHRs but these data are not available by facility
The number of hospitals voluntarily submitting data on quality generated by electronic health records (EHRs) increased significantly over the past…
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Doctors talk about ethical decisions, surgery on conjoined twins
Photo: Gideon Gil/StatDr. Oscar J. Benavidez (left), Dr. Allan M. Goldstein and other doctors at MassGeneral Hospital for Children used…
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New hospital inspection reports added to website
AHCJ has just updated the HospitalInspections.org website. The updated version adds 1,024 records of hospital inspection results, as recent as…
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Tech seeks to bring visibility to sexual assault, harassment with #metoo
If you have been on Facebook or Twitter over the past few days you’ve likely seen or even participated in…
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WSJ reporter digs deeper into global cyberattacks
Melanie Evans has been covering hospitals for many years, including for Modern Healthcare and now The Wall Street Journal. But…
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AHCJ updates mortality, readmission hospital data
AHCJ has updated and merged its version of the hospital mortality and readmission data available exclusively to members. Going back…
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CMS withdraws proposal that would have increased access to hospital inspection reports
The federal agency that provides data for AHCJ’s HospitalInspections.org has stopped an effort to increase the number of hospital inspection…