Hospital room floors may be an overlooked source of infection, according to a new study by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Items in hospital rooms often come in contact with the floor, so pathogens can…
Researchers at Harvard Medical School found that hospitals treating the most vulnerable patients may not be getting the necessary resources from Medicare. Over the past few years, Medicare has fined hospitals if too many patients returned to a hospital within…
Preventing Cyber Attacks On Hospitals We are in an age where technology is everywhere, especially within the healthcare industry. The recent cyber attack on Community Health Systems has demonstrated our need to ensure that our hospitals and healthcare networks are…
Are Patients Unable to Pay or Unwilling to Pay? The enactment of the Affordable Care Act has inherently altered the medical industry as a whole. When it comes to health insurance, you are now legally required to seek coverage. While…
Publication Date: 5/16/2014 Source: Mondaq Business Briefing By Ms Asha Natarajan New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) will pay $3.3 million and Columbia University (CU) will pay $1.5 million to settle allegations that they failed to secure thousands of patients’ electronic protected health…
