HealthLeadersMedia.com | October 11 - For the past few months, hospitals have been on a carousel ride of revolving telemedicine standards, courtesy of The Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Now that the accreditors appear to be moving in the same...
HealthLeadersMedia.com | October 6 - Two reports last month on how rural area hospitals handle trauma indicate there's lots of low-hanging fruit for providers who want to improve trauma care and save more lives.
Both studies published in the Journal of Trauma give stronger voice to...
HealthLeadersMedia.com | October 8 - If you've been wondering how healthcare reform will affect your hospital's credentialing process, part of the answer may lie in new CMS regulations about terminated providers.
Specifically, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 requires:
CMS to establish a process...
PRNewswire.com | October 5 - When Baylor College of Medicine wanted to improve transmission times across their teleradiology network, they found that Dicom System's solution was "a win for teleradiology sites, for our teleradiologists, for IT and, most importantly, for the patients" (Executive Director, BCM).
At...
Ocala.com | October 7 - The emergency department, despite the chaos that can ensue there, is the front door of any hospital.
"Insist on Munroe Regional," one ad reads.
"Call 9-1-1 and ask to go to Ocala," reads a competing ad.
With the main emergency rooms just across...
