Competition for the best physicians is fierce: hospitals and health systems want them, ambulatory surgery centers want them, physician groups want them. Gone are the days when hospitals could just ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Roughly one in 10 pregnant women in the US undergoes a cesarean section that experts say could have ...

In the spring of 2016, obstetrician Dr. Jesanna Cooper's practice hired a nurse-midwife to deliver babies at Princeton Baptist Medical Center, a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. The nurse-midwife was ...

Hospitals just a few miles from each other perform C-sections at drastically different rates. Our data suggests financial pressures play a role. In the spring of 2016, obstetrician Dr. Jesanna ...

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As the healthcare industry moves away from the fee-for-service model toward value-based service, hospital executives' roles and responsibilities change--and that includes the amount of space at the ...

Health equity is transitioning from an idea into tangible change as health system C-suites are investing in projects and initiatives to move the needle for patients. Health systems are transforming ...

(HealthDay)—An expectant mother's biggest risk for undergoing an unnecessary C-section can be the hospital she chooses for the delivery, a new analysis contends. Hospital cesarean, or C-section, rates ...

Roughly one in 10 pregnant women in the US undergoes a cesarean section that experts say could have been avoided. One of the strongest predictors of her risk of a medically unnecessary C-section isn't ...