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Tag: hospital quality

Generic emergency room/ department entrance photo, with a carport and sign saying "Emergency" No hospital name is visible.
Posted inHospitals

As hospitals post sticker prices online, most patients will remain befuddled

by Kaiser Health News January 7, 2019April 14, 2021

By Julie Appleby and Barbara Feder Ostrov Kaiser Health News As of Jan. 1, in the name of transparency, the Trump administration required that all hospitals post their list prices online. But what is popping up on medical center websites is a dog’s breakfast of medical codes, abbreviations and dollar signs — in little discernible […]

shows the facade of one of Mission Hospital's buildings
Posted inConsumer News

Mission and HCA Agree to Terms of Potential Sale

by Mark Tosczak August 31, 2018September 19, 2022
Posted inHospitals, NC Health Briefs, Research News, Rural Health

Study Finds Encouraging Surgical Outcomes at Critical Access Hospitals

by Taylor Sisk May 27, 2016August 6, 2017
Signs supporting Pungo Hospital dot the roadsides near Belhaven, a small coastal town. Belhaven's single stop light is visible in the distance in this 2014 photo.
Posted inFeatured, Health Reform, Hospitals, Rural Health

Report Finds Almost 700 Hospitals at Risk of Shutting Down

by Taylor Sisk March 16, 2016August 6, 2017
Mission Hospital, Asheville, taken in 2011
Posted inHospitals

Rural Hospital Bill Portends Larger Changes for N.C. Hospitals

by Editor November 6, 2015April 19, 2021
Howerton's rating page from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center website.
Posted inConsumer News, Featured, Healthcare Workers

Wake Forest Baptist Hospital Puts Doctor Ratings Online

by Editor July 2, 2014March 25, 2015

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