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Hospitals all over the country are purchasing cutting-edge operating rooms in anticipation of a new wave of minimally invasive heart procedures expected to gain federal approval over the next few years. Called hybrid ORs, the new operating rooms meld modern surgical innovations with equipment and staffing for conventional open-heart procedures. If something goes wrong during…

BY ERIN L. NISSLEY (STAFF WRITER) Published: August 8, 2011 Separate deals involving two area hospitals may raise red flags because of the potential to shrink competition in the region, though it is too soon to say when federal and state officials may weigh in, experts said. About two weeks ago, Community Medical Center announced…

Studies show errors, inefficiencies still occur in medical services Sunday, August 07, 2011 By Bill Toland, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette It has become health care industry dogma that electronic records can help improve efficiency. Reduce errors. Save lives. And — just maybe — put the brakes on runaway health costs, by allowing better sharing of patient information…