A network of eight northeastern Pennsylvania hospitals has united under the name Commonwealth Health. Cornelio Catenea, CEO, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, was appointed the CEO of the network, although each individual hospitals leadership will remain in place.

Job growth in the healthcare sector will outpace other sectors through 2020, according to statistics released in February by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

An analysis of MR scans of male and female athletes with non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and similar athletes without a history of ligament injury found that injured athletes had shorter, more highly convex articulating surfaces than non-injured athletes, according to a study published Feb. 1 in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Diagnostic Imaging Northwest has installed the GE Optima 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner, a high-field extremity MRI system.

Pearls from HIMSS bestselling guidebooks on improving outcomes with clinical decision support (CDS) from its lead editor, followed by participants sharing their own success strategies. Goal is valuable, practical take-aways for all.

This session will detail St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho, experience deploying operational, financial, and clinical decision support solutions that have driven significant value in process optimizations and return on investment to fund future technology investments.

New technologies for finding, delivering and acting on knowledge are rapidly developing, radically changing how people work. Learn which knowledge-delivery tools significantly impact quality of care, clinician and patient satisfaction.

Clinical decision support (CDS) can improve quality and reduce costs. This session presents research on people and committees needed to implement effective CDS in healthcare organizations, including activities, roles and qualities.