Top 10 Health Technologies for 2014 Reference Guide Released
ECRI Institute, a nonprofit organization that focuses on finding the best ways to improve patient care, has created a resource to help hospitals and healthcare executives find the latest and greatest healthcare technologies for...
U.S. Has Low Growth for Health Spending for the Fourth Consecutive Year
Growth in healthcare spending in the United States has remained low for the fourth consecutive year, according to a report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The report covered national health spending...
New Handheld Device Provides an Isometric Workout from Anywhere
Many mobile apps and devices have been created to monitor health or track fitness goals, but a new device takes it a step further and provides specific, isometric exercises that users can do from...
Survey: Most Organizations are “Very Concerned” About Controlling Cost of Healthcare
Individuals aren’t the only people who are carefully monitoring healthcare costs. According to findings from the “State of Employee Benefits in the Workplace” survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 83 percent...
MBA Students from the University of Texas at Dallas Win Healthcare Competition
A team of MBA students from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas won the 2013 Humana Healthcare Case Competition. For the third year in a row, Humana challenged...
Medicare Releases Best and Worst Hospitals for Replacing Joints
Hip and knee replacement surgeries are common in hospitals across the United States, and Medicare has begun examining how well patients fared afterward. There were 719,000 total knee replacements in the United States in 2010...
About Half of Hospital Executives Plan to Implement Accountable Care Organization
Growing numbers of hospital executives plan to implement accountable care organizations (ACO) in 2014, according to one study, but a second study revealed that nearly half of the executives remain skeptical of their benefits. ACOs...
Six Healthcare Changes to Know for 2014
A new year always brings change – and that’s especially true in 2014 as many aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or “Obamacare,” take effect Jan. 1. Designed to increase health insurance’s quality and affordability,...
Florida Healthcare Systems Team Up to Maximize Resources and Save Money
A 2010 decision by two large Florida healthcare systems to form a regional collaboration to share resources and trim costs is paying off, according to a study published by The American Journal of Accountable...
Luxury Hospitals Offering Hotel-like Amenities to Patients
Flat screen televisions, room service meals and massage services are amenities available at many hotels, but these luxurious perks are also starting to appear in hospitals across the country. Some hospitals are so luxurious that...