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Mon., January 16, 2012 2:00pm
Hospitals in Georgia are suffering under the weight of the sluggish economy, and the financial strain is especially heavy for smaller, rural medical centers. Nearly half of the state’s rural hospitals are operating in the red, according to the latest hospital financial survey by the state Department of Community Health.
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Mon., September 19, 2011 1:57pm
Despite a still shaky economy, multi-million dollar hospital expansion projects are moving ahead across the state. For some hospitals, there’s no choice. Hospital CEO’s say they need to serve a growing and aging population, and fight-off competitors for future patients.
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Wed., September 14, 2011 1:48pm
A nationwide hospital accrediting agency is singling out 13 Georgia hospitals for an elite distinction. The hospitals are among about four-hundred nationwide earning top marks from the Joint Commission. That's the non-profit agency that deems hospitals worthy of Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement.
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Thu., May 19, 2011 12:30pm
The state’s trauma care commission has more money to work with in the coming budget year. And some of that will be used for an important upgrade to the statewide trauma network this summer.
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Tue., March 22, 2011 5:33pm
A Senate committee today passed a measure that creates a commission to scrutinize bills relating to health insurance.
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Thu., February 10, 2011 7:22am
The House has approved an $18 billion budget that funnels additional money to hospitals that care for large numbers of poor patients.
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Wed., August 11, 2010 4:27pm
The Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Augusta is trying to contact 33 patients who got overlooked last year when the VA alerted thousands of people they might have exposed to infectious body fluids. Hospital director Rebecca Wiley said Wednesday the VA wants to test the patients for possible infections, though the risk is low.
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Tue., July 27, 2010 1:23pm
A group of hospitals in Augusta is working on a system for sharing electronic medical records. The effort could make it easier for healthcare providers to track patients’ information across the region, the state and eventually the nation.
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Mon., April 19, 2010 1:28pm
Last week President Barack Obama ordered all U.S. hospitals receiving Medic
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Wed., March 24, 2010 3:15pm
Privately owned surgical centers are fighting a proposed 1.45 percent bed t
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