hospitals

Hospitals boost hiring efforts, sweeten employee benefits, survey finds

By Hailey Mensik for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Nearly 40% of hospitals surveyed from April through June by employment services firm Aon said they’re ramping up hiring to meet increasing demand for medical services following last year’s widespread delays and cancellation of nonemergency care due to COVID-19, according to a report out Monday. Another 36% of hospitals…

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US News’ Best Hospitals 2021-22 Honor Roll

By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review  U.S. News & World Report released its best hospitals rankings for 2021-22 on July 27, with Mayo Clinic earning the top spot for the sixth consecutive year. To compile the 32nd annual ranking, U.S. News compared more than 4,750 hospitals nationwide across 15 specialties and 17 procedures and conditions. Data for these…

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100 of the largest hospitals and health systems in America | 2020

By Staff at Becker’s Hospital Review Becker’s Hospital Review compiled 40 large health systems by number of hospitals and 60 large hospitals by bed count. This list was developed based on information as of September 2020. Note: Hospitals and health systems do not pay and cannot pay for inclusion on this list. Largest Health Systems…

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Healthcare data breach cost up to $7M per incident

Jackie Drees by Becker’s Hospital Review Hospitals and clinics continued to rack up the highest average data breach costs in 2020 at $7.13 million, up 10 percent since last year, according to IBM Security’s July 29 report. For the IBM Security-sponsored 2020 Cost of a Data Breach report, the Ponemon Institute conducted interviews with more than…

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Healthcare sector added 312K jobs in May, but hospitals left out

By Hailey Mensik for Healthcare Dive UPDATE: June 8, 2020: The Bureau of Labor Statistics included a footnote in the jobs report noting that the overall unemployment rate is likely about three percentage points higher than reported because of a classification error it is working to correct. The error has to do with how people…

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10 states with biggest health improvements amid pandemic

By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review Hawaii residents have seen the biggest improvement in their health amid the pandemic of all U.S. states, according to an analysis from Wallethub. The personal finance website compared the 50 states and District of Columbia across 11 relevant metrics involving COVID-19 death, testing and transmission rates. Rankings are based on…

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The 25 Most Beautiful Hospitals in the World

Renee Cocchi for Healthcare and Business for Technology Hospital architecture and designs have transformed over time,  from the once sterile white walls and stark decor to vibrant colors and eye-catching materials on the interior and exterior. The elements in today’s best designs have been proven to improve patient care. Depending on the type of building,…

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Top 5 revenue cycle management stories of 2019

By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review Physician specialties that generate the most revenue for hospitals and Medicare payment rules were among the healthcare revenue cycle management topics that piqued the interest of readers this year. Here are the five most popular revenue cycle management stories published by Becker’s Hospital Review in 2019: 1. These…

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CMS penalizes 2,583 hospitals for high readmissions: 5 things to know

By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review In fiscal year 2020, CMS will penalize 2,583 hospitals for having too many Medicare patients readmitted within 30 days, according to federal data released Sept. 30 cited in a Kaiser Health News report. This is the eighth year of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. To determine penalties for…

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100 of the largest hospitals and health systems in America | 2019

By Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review Becker’s Hospital Review compiled 40 large health systems by number of hospitals and 60 large hospitals by bed count. This list was developed based on information as of July 2019. Largest Health Systems HCA Healthcare (Nashville, Tenn.): 185 hospitals. HCA Healthcare has more than 38,000 active physicians and…

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