Not-for-profit hospitals face new threat from states
Filed under: Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Cash-strapped states and local governments are turning to non-profit organizations for more revenue. Many hospitals and health centers could take the brunt of it. Read more
Patients continue to find creative ways to injure themselves
Filed under: Health care/Treatment trends, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Patient/Client Communication
The recent back-to-back winter storms in the Northeast came with a surprise: A spike in finger amputations. Read more
Half of staffers will refuse H1N1 vaccine
Filed under: Ethics, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Practice Management
New surveys indicate that up to half of health care workers plan to refuse the H1N1 flu vaccine — a step that could have huge repercussions for your own facility and the general public. 
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Half of your staffers will refuse the H1N1 flu vaccine — how to handle it
Filed under: Ethics, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Practice Management, Special Report
New surveys indicate that up to half of health care workers plan to refuse the H1N1 flu vaccine — a step that could have huge repercussions for your own facility and the general public. Read more
Special Report
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Pivotal care that drastically cuts emergency room overuse
Reducing costs is at the top of all health executives’ minds — more so now than ever before since hospitals are facing a possible 1% Medicare pay cut for high readmission rates starting in October. So where do you begin?
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Pivotal care that drastically cuts emergency room overuse