In this article, originally published on CBS Denver, learn about how Colorado’s transportation, education and health care spending will not grow as hoped.

By Barbara Feder Ostrov for California Healthline A health care startup made a wild pitch to Cara Waller, CEO of the Newport Orthopedic Institute in Newport Beach. The company said it could get patients more engaged by “automating” physician empathy. It “almost made me nauseous,” she said. How can you automate something as deeply personal as empathy?… Continue reading Hospitals Employ Email ‘Empathy’ To Help Doctors And Patients Keep In Touch

Originally published on Tenet Healthcare.com DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Baylor Scott & White Health and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC) have completed the previously announced joint venture to own five hospitals in North Texas. The facilities included are Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett, Texas Regional… Continue reading Baylor Scott & White Health and Tenet Complete Joint Venture to Own Five North Texas Hospitals

By Andis Robeznieks for Modern Healthcare The emergency, urgent-care, and labor and delivery departments at the new Parkland Memorial Hospital opened in Dallas at 6 a.m. Thursday. A half-hour later, the three-day process began to move some 650 patients from the old hospital, built in 1954, over to the new $1.3 billion, 2.5 million-square-foot facility. Parkland, which… Continue reading Parkland Opens New $1.3 Billion Hospital in Dallas

Wishing a congratulations to all the best children's hospitals that made it into the top twelve Honor Roll list named by U.S. News and World Reports.

Hospital list prices varied sharply within individual markets, with the highest-priced hospitals routinely charging more than five times the rates of the lowest-priced facilities in the same area, new CMS data show. Those high retail prices have become a growing concern as more patients face unexpected out-of-network bills. The CMS released fiscal 2013 data last… Continue reading Out-of-network Charges Under Fire