Industry ties common on hospital boards
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A survey of hospital review boards that watchdog experiments on patients shows that one in three members takes money from companies that make drugs and medical devices that come under study. What's more, many of those with conflicts rarely or never disclose their financial ties, researchers found.
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Fourteen organizations have been tapped to serve on an advisory board, part of an effort to give stakeholders more say in the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standard.
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The question of blood ties in boardrooms arose last week after New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer accused insurance firms run by CEOs from the same family of taking part in a widespread bid-rigging scheme.
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even deadly -- mistakes in hospitals, but an overwhelming majority say the solution lies in easy-to-read, published safety report cards
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Nearly two-thirds of Manitoba business leaders believe Canada&#39;s health-care system would benefit from a boost in private-sector involvement, a recent poll indicates.
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Seeing low fees for family doctors as a weak link in the nationâs health care system, some big employers and health insurers are seeking new ways to pay doctors to reward high-quality medical care.
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Most industries have some not-so-rosy practices.
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A website aims to allow patients to see how private and voluntary hospitals and health providers are performing.
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A new kind of medical practice is flourishing nationwide that offers to go to where the patients are â whether a home, an office or a hotel.
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(Board members: Please take a moment to participate in a special survey, sponsored by CFO magazine and the National Association of Corporate Directors, that examines the evolving relationship between board members and the corporationâs chief financial
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Consumers face what many health care experts describe as two distinct tracks of care for those lucky enough to have insurance through their employer.
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Your next doctor could be keeping an eye on you from afar - via a camera and a bank of computer screens. An expanding number of hospitals are adopting technology that allows critical care doctors and nurses to monitor dozens of patients at different hospitals simultaneously, much as an air traffic controller keeps track of several planes.
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A group of health care leaders said on Tuesday they were banding together to make U.S. hospitals less dangerous places to get well.
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After months of contentious exchanges, the spirit of cooperation appears to emerge among a group of doctors at the NFL's concussion summit Tuesday.
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The physicians' group for Milford Regional Medical Center is joining Partners HealthCare System Inc., giving the state's preeminent medical system a toehold in a key area of the state and enabling it to funnel more patients to its network of downtown teaching hospitals.
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Massachusetts consumers soon will have access to information long kept confidential by the healthcare industry: The prices individual hospitals are paid by insurers for performing specific procedures - data state officials hope will encourage comparison shopping and reduce medical costs.
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NEW YORK  - People treated at high-quality hospitals are more likely to survive and less likely to develop complications, according to a new report on more than 5,000 US hospitals.