Losses plague hospitals
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Two East San Jose hospitals owned by HCA Inc. have lost a combined $117.5 million over the last five years, raising concerns that the for-profit hospital chain&#39;s $110 million renovation plans for the area could be in jeopardy.
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New York hospitals are spending hundreds of millions of dollars rebuilding and expanding their emergency rooms.
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Virulent norovirus has forced at least 70 hospital wards across England and Wales to close to new patients.
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Fifty-three percent of Massachusetts hospitals lost money on operations during the first six months of fiscal 2004, according to a Massachusetts Hospital Association survey. The lobbying group, which surveys its members' financial health yearly, found that, on average, hospitals posted slight losses on operations, but more than made that up on investments and from philanthropy. Operating margins improved slightly from ...
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LOS ANGELES -- Activists who fought hard to bring a hospital to south-central Los Angeles after the 1965 Watts riots are in mourning since the announcement that their beloved but deeply troubled hospital failed a crucial federal inspection and will lose more than half its funding.
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A chill is in the air for hospitals accustomed to having insurers pay ever higher prices for hospital services. That era appears to be ending.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDayNews) -- Continuing drug shortages are having far-reaching, negative impacts on patient care and hospital costs, says a survey conducted by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and pharmacy residents at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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An inner-city hospital struggled to survive Wednesday amid a new report of breakdowns in patient care, the replacement of its chief medical officer and an ultimatum to correct long-running problems or close.
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Doctors fear stripping hospitals of key services such as A&E will lead to the eventual closure of the sites.
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More than half of all hospital patients are at risk of blood clots but many do not receive simple treatment that could prevent them, British researchers said on Thursday.
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Facing cutthroat competition, escalating expenses, and declining revenues, some of the region&#39;s hospitals are trying to boost their bottom lines by offering
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One year after Hurricane Katrina tore  into New Orleans, the region's hospitals and nursing homes  remain devastated and uncertain of their ability to cope with  another disaster.
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The United Nations warns of food shortages. Hospitals refuse all non-emergency care to avoid running out of medicine. Power outages are widespread, and a lack of fuel for generators threatens water supplies.
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Medical care was at times so scarce and shabby that it became another kind of abuse. An inside look
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A hospital in the tsunami-ravaged Thai island of Phuket says its patient influx has slowed from its peak after earthquake-triggered waves wiped away entire towns, while the number of
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Casualty departments are still failing to treat people quickly enough, according to the latest figures.
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Safety lapses in the NHS caused the deaths of more than 2,000 patients and led to the harm of another 160,000 people over the last year.