HERE'S A FASCINATING behind-the-scenes look at the politics and economics of LifePoint Health which, of course, is building Marquette's new hospital in partnership with Duke University Health System. We discovered it in Modern Healthcare, a hard copy and online journal that closely follows news in the healthcare ... Continue Reading
Dismal Hospital Ratings, Wine Bar Plans, Homeless Boathouse, Eroding Presque Isle, NMU Apathy, Trenary Toast, and Skateboard Picassos
UH OH. Ya wanna root for your hometown hospital, but the latest ratings released by a national nonprofit group that measures hospital safety gives you pause. Leapfrog Group rates hospitals based on factors like infections, bed sores, falls, embolisms, staff hand washing, leaving objects in a patient's body during ... Continue Reading