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By Henry Powderly | 02:45 pm | April 07, 2016
New Jersey-based Hackensack University Medical Center has struck a deal with popular taxi service Uber to provide and help pay for transportation for its patients, staff and visitors.
By Jeff Lagasse | 02:58 pm | April 05, 2016
Reviews of healthcare providers on social media sites like Yelp are filling gaps in traditional ratings programs driven by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, a new study in Health Affairs claims.
By Henry Powderly | 12:52 pm | April 05, 2016
Montefiore Health System this week rolled out a new branding slogan it hopes will draw attention to the system's legacy in the metro New York area.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:09 pm | April 05, 2016
Despite recent attention to rising pharmaceutical prices, a new study claims the total costs of treating patients with cancer in the United States have risen no faster than overall costs for Medicare and commercial insurance in the past decade.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:51 pm | April 04, 2016
Healthcare CEOs are increasingly focused on business-level issues, a new report by The Advisory Board has found, as consumerism continues to reshape the industry.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 04:43 pm | April 04, 2016
The sale of Tenet Healthcare Corporation's five Atlanta-area hospitals and related operations to WellStar Health System in exchange for $575 million in cash is complete, the company announced Friday. The sale is effective as of March 31, 2016.
By Susan Morse | 03:45 pm | April 04, 2016
For primary care physicians, the difference is $225,000 a year for men versus $192,000 for women. For specialists, it's $242,000 versus $173,000. However, the salaries of women increased by a greater percentage than their male counterparts.
By Mike Miliard | 03:25 pm | April 04, 2016
San Diego-based Alvarado Hospital Medical Center and King's Daughters' Health report being hit with malware that compromised their computer systems.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 01:13 pm | April 04, 2016
A Community Health Systems subsidiary has gained 80 percent ownership interest in Physicians' Specialty Hospital, a 20-bed facility in Fayetteville, Arkansas, CHS announced Friday.
By Jessica Davis | 03:40 pm | March 31, 2016
If the spate of recent ransomware attacks on hospitals across the U.S. is any indication of the future of cybercrime, it's clear that hackers are far from finished in pushing boundaries and wreaking havoc on healthcare. The new ransomware, PowerWare, is the latest example.