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Overall, the median for cash on hand grew to 203 days, compared to 193.9 days in 2013, driven by strong investment returns, capital expense management and an aggressive focus on cash collection, the report said.
Successful boards spent more meeting time discussing quality and performing and held more frequent performance reviews with middle management, according to Health Affairs study.
System adapts car maker's production system for healthcare, changing longstanding practices such as how to store equipment, schedule surgeries and discharge patients.
Financial pressures are causing a growing number of U.S. doctors to leave private practice for hospital employment, according to a new report by Accenture.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will lift the rate it pays inpatient hospitals in 2016 by 0.9 percent, the agency announced Friday, as long as facilities participate in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program and demonstrate meaningful use through the use of electronic health records.
According to UHS, which manage 226 acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory surgery centers, same-hospital admissions jumped by 5.7 percent in the quarter and patient days climbed by 5.2 percent, both on an adjusted basis.
The U.S. Department of Defense on Wednesday awarded a $4.3 billion contract to a team lead by Cerner, Leidos and Accenture to manage the military's electronic health records systems, a deal that is expected to hit $9 billion once all costs are accounted for.
U.S. healthcare spending is expected to grow by 5.8 percent through 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Tuesday, driven by the rise of expensive specialty drugs and higher insured rates under the Affordable Care Act.
The Virginia Mason Institute, part of the Virginia Mason Health System, will be working with five hospitals within England's National Health Service Trust Development Authority.
While in comparison, no hospital on the U.S. News Honor Roll flat-out failed in other rankings, in many cases they received only average scores or didn't show up at all.