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Public hospital sales to face more scrutiny

Hospital merger deals in Florida will be subject to increased oversight, as Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a bill that requires the state's Agency for Health Care Administration to review potential

BYOD, policies, text messaging take center stage at ONC roundtable

BYOD may be taking the lead when it comes to mobile device management these days, but hospitals have a variety of different solutions to the security problems it raises. That's one of the upshots

Bill to regulate public hospital sales

The Florida House and Senate Wednesday passed a bill that would increase scrutiny of public hospital deals by making the process more transparent, reported the News Service of Florida. If enacted,

CPOE drives quick care improvement for hospital system

Adventist Health System put into operation computerized physician order entry (CPOE) at all 26 of its hospitals in just 28 months, according to a recent Computerworld article, and the organization

Hospital CEO receives $1M after failed merger

After a failed (and illegal) merger with Adventist Health System five months ago, the former CEO of Florida's Bert Fish Medical Center is on track to receive $1 million in buyout payments, a board

Hospital fights security challenges in iPad rollout

Execs at Adventist Health System found iPads tough to manage, with so many physicians bringing in personal devices and trying to run enterprise apps across them. In-house laptops and tablets can be

Bert Fish Sunshine Law violation deemed not a crime

After a five-month investigation, Florida state attorney R.J. Larizza determined that the Bert Fish Medical Center board did not intentionally violate the state's Sunshine Law when it agreed to merge

Religious discrimination okayed by hospital seeking merger

City commissioners in Tarpon Springs, Fla., voted earlier this week to allow hiring to be based on religion at Helen Ellis Hospital, according to the St. Petersburg Times. The vote, which was 5-0,

SPOTLIGHT: Hospital CPOE collaborative to market order sets via Zynx

Three major health systems that have jointly developed more than 1,000 clinical order sets are joining with Zynx Health to market the order sets to other providers implementing computerized physician

Hospital CPOE collaborative to market order sets via Zynx

Three major health systems that have jointly developed more than 1,000 clinical order sets are joining with Zynx Health to market the order sets to other providers implementing computerized physician