Category: News & Careers

Guide to CMS Compliance

by Compass Clinical Consulting Accreditation Expert Ruth Elzer featured in Journal of Healthcare Management

Apr 06, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Is Healthcare Reform Good News for Hospitals?

Fox Business News anchor Dagen McDowell interviews Compass Clinical CEO Kate Fenner.

Mar 23, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Simple Math: Not Enough Doctors … By Far

Healthcare in Handcuffs The American Academy of Family Physicians predicts that the shortage of family doctors will soar to 40,000 within the next decade. Worse yet, the overall shortage of doctors is expected to climb to nearly 160,000 by 2025, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. “I don’t see anything in the legislation [...]

Oct 14, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

New Report on Comparative Effectiveness Research

The Institute of Medicine has released a report recommending 100 areas that should receive priority attention with comparative-effectiveness research, including atrial fibrillation, the effectiveness of primary prevention methods vs. clinical treatment, and the success of comprehensive-care programs such as medical homes.

Jun 30, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

Is the Hospital’s Backdoor Closing?

Freestanding EDs are growing. Are they also a threat to acute care full service hospital patient flow?

May 28, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

Lost Genius and the Yanked Chapters

Three “lost” chapters were yanked from Accidental Genius right before publication. Now you might be wondering, “Yanked? Why were these chapters torn from the thin, yet virile, body of the book?”

May 13, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

“I’ll take a dozen eggs and a pint of blood”

The newest Wal-Mart special is the walk-in clinic at the end of Aisle 14, just behind Home Furnishings. It seems like a wierd place to find a doctor, but it appears that brand name hospitals are ready to go retail.

May 12, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

Housing the Homeless After Hospitalization Cuts Readmissions

As reported in WebPage Today, a randomized trial showed that homeless hospital patients who were provided with housing and other services after discharge were less likely to be readmitted or to require emergency treatment. The intervention was associated with 29% fewer hospitalizations (95% CI 10% to 44%) and 24% fewer ER visits (95% CI 3% to [...]

May 07, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

Can Google Spot Swine Flu Breakouts?

In the United States, Google Trends has identified a remarkably close relationship between the number of people searching for flu-related topics and the number of people who actually have flu symptoms.

Apr 30, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

The Law of Supply and Demand in Healthcare

Medicare resident caps on Academic Hospitals have been in place for more than 10 years while the nation is considering universal access and facing a potential physician shortage. The caps have a chilling effect on the ability of teaching hospitals and medical schools to increase the nation’s physician workforce and meet the needs of local communities.

Mar 27, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post

President Obama’s Healthcare Forum

The goal of the Presidential Forum on Healthcare was “to set the tone of the process – a tone that is intended to be bipartisan, a tone that is intended to be inclusive – and to make it clear that good ideas will be welcomed. To a large degree, the summit achieved that goal.

Mar 07, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

3 Updates for Hospital CEOs on Healthcare Reform

These three articles will help you gauge where healthcare reform is headed and how it might impact your hospital. Includes a copy of the 11-page letter used by Senator Grassley that can strike fear into any hospital CEO getting this letter in the mail.

Mar 06, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

Many Children Lack Health Insurance

Many children don’t have health insurance, even if their parents do, according to a new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. This phenomenon — uninsured children with at least one insured parent — is particularly prevalent in low-income and middle-income families.

Feb 27, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

Blog Growth for B2B; No Longer Just for the Kids

Corporate and employee blogs are gathering momentum as a thought-leadership brand development tool and one that also has positive impact on search engine performance. From the Demand Gen Report: “Corporate or executive blogs can help in profiling of your company as an expert and using the knowledge of the collective,” says Guy Powell, President and [...]

Feb 27, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

American Healthcare Waiting Time at $240 Billion

Alan Krueger, Princeton University, has touched a raw nerve. Patients are no longer patient. In fact, some of them are sending doctors and hospitals bills for their waiting time. Using the Bureau of Labor Statistics American Time Use Survey, Krueger calculated that Americans age 15 and older collectively spent 847 million hours waiting for medical services [...]

Feb 24, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

Where Lies Responsibility?

When you turn 19 or graduate from college, you fall off your parents’ health insurance (assuming the parents had coverage). That, according to the New York Times, has created a rise in “do it yourself” medical care by a lot of 20-somethings. “They borrow leftover prescription drugs from their friends, attempt to self-diagnose ailments online, [...]

Feb 19, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

Florida Hospital Tops for Digestive Disorders

Recognized by US News & World Report as one of the top hospitals in the nation for digestive disorders. The Florida Hospital Digestive Health Center provides innovative care and access to the latest and most advanced digestive treatments and procedures not always available at other hospitals. Because Florida Hospital’s Digestive Health Center care team is [...]

Feb 04, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post