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Vanguard to acquire assets of Arizona Heart Hospital

MedCath Corporation, and its physician partners jointly announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement for Vanguard Health Systems to acquire substantially all the assets of Arizona Heart Hospital. The transaction is expected to close during MedCath's first quarter of fiscal 2011, which ends on December 31, 2010, subject to certain closing conditions.

9 Aug 2010

Study: Catholic, other church-owned health systems show more efficient care than for-profit health systems

A study released today by Thomson Reuters found that Catholic and other church-owned health systems demonstrated significantly better, more efficient care than for-profit health systems.

9 Aug 2010

Hospital revenue cycle leaders establish protocols for responding to RACs

Most hospital revenue cycle leaders have established protocols for responding to Revenue Audit Contractors, as well as post-payment audits targeting Medicaid and commercial claims. Mindful of the dollars at stake, these leaders have employed a number of technology and process-related improvements to mitigate risk and solidify overall revenue integrity.

7 Aug 2010

College of Nursing awarded $753,817 grant to provide education in nursing leadership

The University of Colorado College of Nursing has been awarded a $753,817 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, to prepare advanced practice nurses with the expertise to provide leadership for high quality healthcare in rural and medically underserved urban areas.

7 Aug 2010

Recent releases in Global Health

According to a Lancet Comment, "alcohol remains conspicuously absent from the larger field of research and programming in HIV and substance use. ... Patterns of hazardous alcohol consumption prevail in countries with the most severe HIV epidemics, notably eastern and southern Africa." In addition, "hazardous drinking patterns also dominate in the concentrated epidemics of eastern Europe and Asia, where alcohol use by injecting drug users and other marginalised groups might be an additional barrier to effective efforts to prevent HIV infection."

7 Aug 2010

PHT signs 11 new trials in second-quarter 2010

PHT Corporation featured scientific education as a key focus during its record-breaking second fiscal quarter of 2010. PHT is the global innovator in ePRO (electronic patient reported outcome) and PRO (patient reported outcome) solutions that maximize clinical data management by incorporating the world's best digital diaries in eClinical trials.

5 Aug 2010

President Obama, Sec. of State discuss U.S. commitment to development, fighting disease in Africa with young African leaders

During a gathering of over 100 young African business and civil leaders at the White House on Tuesday, President Barack Obama "urged [them] to help spur economic development and fight corruption, disease and extremism on the continent," MSNBC's "First Read" blog reports.

5 Aug 2010

Ties between global health, national security, jobs emphasized at recent meeting in Washington State

The message that U.S. investment in global health "helps advance longer term security and development goals" while also supporting a "small but growing industry with good paying jobs and world class research" was the focus of a recent meeting between officials from Washington, D.C. and Washington State, the Seattle Times' "Business of Giving" blog writes.

4 Aug 2010

Opinions: AIDS 2010; Clean water, sanitation; Russia's HIV/AIDS epidemic; Financial tax; Medical abortion in developing countries

A VOA News editorial by the U.S. government reflects on last month's International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, including key advancements such as the vaginal microbicide gel found to offer women some protection against HIV infection as well discussions about funding for the fight against HIV/AIDS and how the "criminalization of drug abuse and persecution of homosexuals" in the world is compromising efforts to prevent the spread of the disease.

4 Aug 2010

Advocate Health Care deploys Fusionfx physician portal

More than 5,000 physicians at Advocate Health Care, the largest fully integrated not-for-profit healthcare delivery system in Illinois, will have streamlined access to patient information across Advocate's 11 Chicago-area hospitals with the implementation of Fusionfx, a portal-based workflow solution from Carefx Corporation.

3 Aug 2010

Hospitals, health systems select Service Line Analytics solution from MedAssets

To improve margins and increase efficiency ahead of healthcare reform implications, more than 100 hospitals and health systems have signed up to use MedAssets' Service Line Analytics. Launched in October 2009, the online solution identifies sustainable financial improvement opportunities across all service lines by connecting supply costs with both clinical outcomes and patient encounters.

3 Aug 2010

Vanguard signs definitive agreement to acquire Arizona Heart Institute

Vanguard Health Systems and Arizona Heart Institute (AHI) announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement for Vanguard to acquire Arizona Heart Institute, one of the world's leading providers of cardiovascular care. Through this agreement, AHI will align with Abrazo Health Care, a Phoenix-based subsidiary of Vanguard, to become part of its distributive cardiovascular network of community-based physicians, providing future opportunities to greatly expand cardiovascular services and patient base throughout the region.

3 Aug 2010

Take Care Health Systems applauds US Senate for declaration of National Convenient Care Clinic Week

Take Care Health Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens and the nation's largest and most comprehensive manager of convenient care clinics and worksite health and wellness centers, today praised the US Senate for its declaration of August 2-8 as "National Convenient Care Clinic Week". The resolution was introduced by Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) and Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) and passed the Senate by unanimous consent.

2 Aug 2010

An overview of IntraHealth-UNC Summer Fellows Program

Four master's students and one doctoral candidate from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health shared their global health research and insights at the culmination of a 10-week joint fellowship with IntraHealth International this Wednesday during a poster exhibition and discussion with faculty and staff.

2 Aug 2010

Nashville hospitals cut costs to keep up revenues, despite fewer patients

"Over the past year and a half, keeping costs in check has helped the large hospital chains based in the Nashville area to increase quarterly earnings, even when seeing fewer patients come through their doors," The Tennessean reports. "The recent second quarter was no different. Cost controls fueled an 18 percent increase in net income at Franklin-based Community Health Systems, despite a decline in the number of patients. HCA Inc. saw fewer inpatient visits, and higher interest expense kept its pre-tax profits flat.

31 Jul 2010

Blumenthal defends hew health IT rules to Utah leaders

David Blumenthal, the national coordinator for health information technology for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "defended the administration's new plans against critics who say the watered-down rules miss an opportunity to lower costs and improve patient care," The Salt Lake Tribune reports.

31 Jul 2010

Recent releases in Global Health

A Center for Global Development memo offers suggestions for the U.S. to improve its commitment to policies that benefit poor countries after it ranked 17th out of 22 wealthy in the 2009 Commitment to Development Index. Among a set of 20 recommendations, the authors suggest the U.S. "[i]ncrease foreign aid, especially through such vehicles as the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), which gives to relatively well-governed countries, or a global 'Cash on Delivery' fund that would pay countries after making confirmed progress toward agreed-upon outcomes, thereby reducing the proliferation of aid projects," the authors write(Prieto/Roodman).

31 Jul 2010

AIDS 2010 follow-up coverage: Global HIV/AIDS funding; HIV/AIDS studies, releases

Media outlets continued to reflect on news from the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, which attracted over 19,000 participants from 197 countries to Vienna last week, according to the conference blog.

30 Jul 2010

Toxic chemicals contribute to chronic disease epidemic: Health care sector leaders

Health care sector leaders are urging Congress to move swiftly to pass chemical reform legislation, citing the measure as critical to public health protection. On the eve of tomorrow's hearing on the "Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010," a bill intended to overhaul the nation's chemical regulatory system, the sector is highlighting the link between preventing disease, containing costs, and reforming the law.

29 Jul 2010

Researchers to evaluate effect of RTC program on patient outcomes

Researchers at the Health Quality Council and the University of Saskatchewan will be the first to rigorously evaluate a quality improvement program designed to help nurses and other care providers reduce the time they spend on administrative tasks or retrieving medical supplies, so that they can spend more time with their patients.

29 Jul 2010

Health Systems News and Research

Vanguard to acquire assets of Arizona Heart Hospital

Study: Catholic, other church-owned health systems show more efficient care than for-profit health systems

Hospital revenue cycle leaders establish protocols for responding to RACs

College of Nursing awarded $753,817 grant to provide education in nursing leadership

Recent releases in Global Health

PHT signs 11 new trials in second-quarter 2010

President Obama, Sec. of State discuss U.S. commitment to development, fighting disease in Africa with young African leaders

Ties between global health, national security, jobs emphasized at recent meeting in Washington State

Opinions: AIDS 2010; Clean water, sanitation; Russia's HIV/AIDS epidemic; Financial tax; Medical abortion in developing countries

Advocate Health Care deploys Fusionfx physician portal

Hospitals, health systems select Service Line Analytics solution from MedAssets

Vanguard signs definitive agreement to acquire Arizona Heart Institute

Take Care Health Systems applauds US Senate for declaration of National Convenient Care Clinic Week

An overview of IntraHealth-UNC Summer Fellows Program

Nashville hospitals cut costs to keep up revenues, despite fewer patients

Blumenthal defends hew health IT rules to Utah leaders

Recent releases in Global Health

AIDS 2010 follow-up coverage: Global HIV/AIDS funding; HIV/AIDS studies, releases

Toxic chemicals contribute to chronic disease epidemic: Health care sector leaders

Researchers to evaluate effect of RTC program on patient outcomes

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