Physicians have long felt that the cost of running a practice is growing more quickly than payment received per service. New government data indicate that this is more than a feeling. The Consumer Price Index for all items went up 0.3% in March and 2.7% in the previous 12 months, according to Bureau of Labor… Read more »
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Aviation Is an Inspiration for Improving Patient Safety
Searching for ways to reduce medical errors and keep patients safe? Look up. That’s the idea of some patient-safety experts, who today will discuss the formation of an independent patient-safety agency modeled on the National Transportation Safety Board, and other strategies to reduce errors at a summit in Washington. Many of the safety and error-prevention… Read more »
How Hospitals Can Save Water and Big Bucks Too
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, April 23, 2012 It may seem odd that a leading proponent for water conservation in hospitals works in Washington, a state famous for its prodigious rainfall. For more than a decade, Geoffrey W. Glass, director of Facility and Technology Services at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, has been… Read more »
Patients choose hospitals based on social media
With one-third of consumers using social media for seeking or sharing medical information, 41 percent say tools like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and online forums influence their choice of a specific hospital, medical facility or doctor, according to Tuesday’s report from consulting firm PwC. In a survey of more than a thousand consumers, more than two-fifths… Read more »
Healthcare Industry CEOs Retiring in Record Numbers
While CEO turnover rates in most other industries fell in 2009, the turnover rate for hospital CEOs increased, rising to 18 percent nationwide. Up from 14 percent in 2008, this upsurge marks the highest turnover rate since 1999 and ties the all-time record high since the American College of Healthcare Executives began compiling turnover statistics… Read more »