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More hospitals customize ERs for older patients

With an aging U.S. population, hospitals are building emergency rooms designed exclusively for patients 65 and older, reported The New York Times. Joining that trend, Mount Sinai Hospital recently

Top teaching hospitals fall from grace with high infection rates

They may be known for possessing leading minds and excellent service, but the well-known academic centers may not be the safest places for patients. A new Consumer Reports Health hospital ratings

Study: Text messaging improves medication adherence for teens

Well, it was inevitable. If any demographic group would embrace text messaging for healthcare, it would have to be teenagers, right? Even for the most serious of ailments. A new study in Pediatrics

Case study: Mount Sinai Medical recaptures $3M

When you're running a 1,171 bed hospital, there's always some way to find wasted spending in the large budget you have in place. At Mount Sinai Hospital, it came from taking a closer look at how

Biden, Sebelius, Blumenthal announce funding for EMR extension centers, HIE

Vice President Joe Biden, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and national health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal are in Chicago today to announce $1.2 billion in federal grants to promote EMR use

Nurse sues NY hospital after allegedly being forced to help with abortion

A New York City nurse has sued Mount Sinai Hospital after she was allegedly forced to assist with a late term abortion in contravention of her religious beliefs. The nurse, Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo,