New Cancer Center Debuts in Dayton
DAYTON, Ohio — The new five-story, 93,000-square-foot Miami Valley Hospital South (MVHS) Comprehensive Cancer Center opened in Dayton on Jan. 24.
February 13, 2013
San Antonio Hospital Builds Natural, Gets LEED
SAN ANTONIO — The 110-bed Mission Trail Baptist Hospital achieved LEED Gold certification last month, and it is the first acute-care hospital in the state to do so, as well as the first LEED-certified hospital in San Antonio.
Study Shows Nursing Staff, Environment Reduces Readmissions
PHILADELPHIA — New provisions to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) penalize hospitals for an excess amount of preventable hospital readmissions, which cost Medicare more than $15 billion every year. However, in January, a study published in Medical Care says that improving nurses’ work environment can help reduce that number.