Aug 25, 2010 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Topping the list are, the Veterans Administration and HCA, which together employee almost 200,000 people Recently, a ranking of the nation’s top 25 healthcare systems by number of employees was published. In the number one spot is the Veteran’s Affairs (VA) Department. It employs 207,000 employees. Ranked number two is HCA, Inc., the for-profit hospital corporation. It has 77,000 employees. Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers will recognize that both the VA and HCA are national...
Nov 13, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Rankings based on annual revenue and the Veterans’ Administration tops the list When Dark Daily recently published a list of the Top Ten Largest Medical Groups in the United States, not only was it a popular topic, but many readers asked us to present a similar list for healthcare systems. Dark Daily is glad to oblige and presents below a list of the Top Ten Largest Healthcare Systems in the United States, ranked on annual revenue. This ranking of the Top Ten Biggest Healthcare Systems...
Feb 2, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
As part of its plan to stake out a place in the international market for healthcare quality standards, Joint Commission International (JCI), the international arm of The Joint Commission (JC), in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), launched a new global program to improve patient care and safety worldwide. JCI’s first demonstration project involves financially strapped, low-performing hospitals in Mexico, China and Palestine, according to JCI Chief Medical Officer David...
Jan 16, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Rising costs of employer-sponsored health plans now threatening both sustainability of a healthy workforce and the viability of U.S companies in a global marketplace. That means the business sector may be the most likely game changer in reforming the U.S. healthcare system. So argues Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda. He contends that the business sector is poised to dictate healthcare costs. Based on defined healthcare goals, business will decide for what and how much it will pay. Burda,...
Oct 1, 2008 | Instruments & Equipment, Laboratory Pathology
As the nation’s healthcare system pursues the goal of a universal electronic medical record (EMR) and a paperless, all-electronic environment, one barrier to adoption may be the large number of physicians nearing retirement. That’s the opinion of a neurosurgeon in his recent testimony before a congressional committee. Physicians within five years of retirement may not get a return on their investment, Philip Tally, M.D., a neurosurgeon in Bradenton, Florida, told a hearing on...
