Items of Interest: 2011
South Carolina's Rural Hospitals Are in Critical Condition (The State)
CT scans for lung cancer trigger debate (Washington Post)
Hospitals: The Strong Get Stronger, the Weak Get Weaker (American Medical News)
Georgia Questions Hospitals’ Community Benefits (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Catholic Hospital Mergers Can Create Problems of Access and Continuity (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Study Finds Doctors Often Too Quick to Try Costly Procedures to Clear Arteries (Wall Street Journal)
State Regulatory Process at Odds with Chicago Reality (Op Ed - Chicago Tribune)
The Department of Health and Human Services Releases a Comprehensive New Website for Community Health Data, the Health Indicators Warehouse (HIW)
Health Planning for a Major Nuclear Emergency is Almost Nonexistent (ProPublica)
New Database Tracks State Healthcare Reform Initiatives (Information Week)
Florida Governor Wants a Study of Whether the State’s Public Hospitals Are Needed (The Miami Herald)
Community Health Center Funding Opposed by Congressional Republicans as Part of the Affordable care Act (The Boston Globe)
Medicare Spending Adjustments Alter Findings on Regional Costs (Kaiser Health News)
Maryland Cardiologists Call for More State Oversight of Cath Labs (Medscape)
Hospital readmissions take toll in Pennsylvania (Tribune Review)
Doctor-Owned Radiation Therapy Centers Drive Up Utilization (The Washington Post)
Health insurers pushed to cut rates (Boston Globe)
Items of Interest: 2010
Tennessee's bold leap in care for the aged and disabled (Stateline)
Community Hospitals Scramble to Survive, Stay Independent (USA Today)
Forbes Report: America’s Most Profitable Hospitals (Forbes)
Public Hospitals Are Being Eliminated During Difficult Times (Wall Street Journal)
Cleveland Clinic CEO Worries Comparative Effectiveness Could Stifle Innovation (Wall Street Journal)
Americans Cut Back on Doctor Visits (Wall Street Journal)
Mergers of For-Profit and Non-Profit Hospitals Raise Questions (USA Today/Kaiser Health News)
Hospital Mergers Are Changing Healthcare Delivery in Communities (Daytona Beach New Journal)
Illinois Rules on Hospital Charity Care (Rockford Register Star)
Accountability for Healthcare Stimulus Spending Is an Issue (Kaiser Health News)
Hospitals Face Government Sanctions Over Safety and Quality (CNN Money)
Major Expansion of Medicaid to Be No Panacea (New York Times)
Facilities on U.S. News & World Report’s annual list ride their reputations heavily (Los Angeles Times)
Illinois Posts Its First Report Card for Hospital Mortality (Chicago Tribune)
(Rhode Island Analysis Predicts a Poor Fiscal Future for Hospitals (Providence Journal)
Community Health Centers Benefit from the New Reform Legislation (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
New County Health Rankings Give First County-by-County Snapshot of Health in Each State (County Health Rankings)
Long Term Hospitals Face Scrutiny (The New York Times)
Health Cuts With Little Effect on Care (The New York Times)
Massachusetts Examines Relationship Between Public Reporting of Angioplasty Mortality and Its Utilization (The Boston Globe )
Massachusetts Looks into Whether Not-for-Profit Hospitals Are Providing Charity Care Equivalent to Their Tax Exemptions (The Boston Globe)
Book Review: What's Wrong with the American Healthcare Non-system (Health Affairs )
Is Cyberknife Covered by Medicare in Your State? (The New York Times )
Five Myths About Our Health Care System (Washington Post)
New Freestanding Emergency Facilities Challenge Hospital ERs (U.S. News & World Report )
Surging into Bethlehem: "Surge Capacity " Becomes a Political Issue (The Washington Post )
CON to Limit Proton Therapy in Michigan (The New York Times )
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