The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have released their final Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule for FY 2019. Among other things, this requires hospitals to post a list of their standard prices online and make electronic medical records more readily available to patients. The head of CMS said the new requirement […]

Beaver County Memorial Hospital recently installed new CareStream© digital radiography (DR) equipmetn, replacing its existing computed radiography (CR) equipment. Hospitals across the nation are transitioning from film and CR to DR units. The DR equipment is must faster per exam and decreases the radiation dose to the patient compared with CR equipment. This will improve […]