Not just a Web site. In response to consumers as well as competitors, hospitals are getting more sophisticated with their Internet presence.
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Biomedical subjects
Michael Romano
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Docs say: no sale. Ala. docs angered by possibility Baptist Health System will be sold to for-profit.
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Alabama↗
Exception to the rule. Fla. gives CON break to facility of GOP contributor.
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Certificate of Need↗
Lightening their load. As teaching hospitals grapple with new rules limiting residents' hours on the job, cost and management issues remain among the challenges.
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Accreditation↗
Feeble giants. Despite the corporate heft of their parent companies, Amicore, Xceleron highlight the complexities of storming an entrenched info-tech market.
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Hospital Information Systems↗
Pros and cons of certificates. American Health Planning Association directory suggests that certificate-of-need process is regulatory in theory, not in practice.
As state lawmakers diluted the impact of certificate-of-need laws last year, more and more CON boards are approving a vast array of projects. Almost one-third of the 27 states that regulate acute-care hospitals gave the OK to every project they reviewed. Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, Ill., shown at left and on the cover, spent $99,300 three years ago to win state approval for its expansion project.
Certificate of Need↗
Culture clash. Norton, university end plans for joint cancer facility.
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Academic Medical Centers↗
Down for the count. Top execs guilty, HealthSouth heads for bankruptcy.
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Alabama↗
Shelving the plan. Blaming the malpractice crisis for a shortage of doctors--and after winning a tough CON battle--Florida Hospital decides against building a new satellite facility.
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Certificate of Need↗
Firm's health going south. Federal authorities charge HealthSouth, leader Scrushy with 'massive accounting fraud,' systematic betrayal of investors.
HealthSouth and its chief executive Richard Scrushy, left, find themselves coping with a public relations nightmare after federal officials last week charged the rehabilitation giant with "massive accounting fraud" and a systematic betrayal of tens of thousands of investors.
Accounting↗
To cap or not to cap. Medical community lobbies for limits on noneconomic damages.
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Compensation and Redress↗
Making room for more beds. With additional patients streaming in every day, hospitals must learn to think creatively to find space for everyone.
With more patients streaming inside, acute-care hospitals are being forced to get creative about finding spots for beds. Some are reactivating dormant rooms, opening shuttered wings or transforming administrative areas into clinical space, such as Florida Hospital East Orlando, left. The surge comes as the number of hospitals drops and the number of beds rises along with census counts.
Bed Conversion↗
Mayo's man of vision. Waller led the transformation at renowned clinic.
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Chief Executive Officers, Hospital↗
Doc-owned and -operated.
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Entrepreneurship↗
Saving the day in Mississippi.
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Community-Institutional Relations↗
A helping hand for his family.
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Entrepreneurship↗
Insurance assistance. Feds say hospitals can subsidize docs in some cases.
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Fees and Charges↗
Searching for some answers. Mount Sinai's lawsuit against recruiter Heidrick steps into current debate on shortage of qualified replacement executives.
Heidrick & Struggles, the nation's largest executive recruiting firm and a staunch champion of the National Center for Healthcare Leadership, is fighting a lawsuit that may test the premise that the healthcare industry lacks future leaders. As far as the placement business goes, Michael Doody, left, a senior vice president at search firm Witt/Kieffer, is confident a hospital's lawsuit alleging Heidrick fell down on the job won't cause irreparable damage.
Chief Executive Officers, Hospital↗