Not-for-profit providers paid their CEOs an average of $490,431 in total compensation annually in 2006, according to a new report from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Four western N.Y. hospitals that used emergency treatment strategies emphasizing evidence-based therapy and better healthcare provider communication reduced heart attack deaths by 19 percent for up to one year after patient discharge, according to astudy in the January issue of the American Heart Journal.

By Lee Ann GustafsonCardiovascular Consultants (CVC), Arizona's largest cardiovascular group with 30 physicians and 12 nurse practitioners in 14 locations, set a goal to create a combined "corporate" and "clinical" suite.

Urgent assessment and treatment of patients who have had a minor stroke, or transient ischemic attack, in a specialist emergency outpatient clinic reduces disability, hospital bed-days and costs, according to the second part of the EXPRESS study, published online Feb.4 and will appear in the March edition of Lancet Neurology.

A simple test to swallow three ounces of water can help determine whether a child has the swallowing disorder oropharyngeal dysphagia, establishing for the first time a way to screen for the ailment in children, according to new research published in the February issue of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.

As hospitals and cardiology groups deal with the challenging economy, the group of luminaries in our electrophysiology (EP) roundtable cover story all agreed that an EP program makes good economic sense. This is quite a change from just a few years ago when common wisdom held that EP was a loss leader for hospitals.

One goal of hospital administrators and executives is that all of their various patient information systems work well in concert. A concomitant concern of private practice cardiology groups is that they find the available patient data from the hospital systems valuable and effective on a day-to-day basis. The two endpoints dont always meet up.

You can hardly blink today without hearing the words conflict of interest. And with good reason: to preserve the integrity of science despite the source of research funding.