Swedish’s Cherry Hill site regains full status in Medicare program
Swedish Health’s Cherry Hill site had faced the prospect of being terminated from the Medicare program. But regulators say Swedish has brought the facility into...
Investigators find ‘numerous’ issues related to patient safety at Swedish’s Cherry Hill site
After an investigation identified a range of recent troubles at Swedish Health’s Cherry Hill facility, federal officials said the site is at risk of being...
Swedish Health largely bans overlapping surgeries
Swedish Health’s new CEO, Dr. Guy Hudson, said in an interview Monday that the organization is overhauling how it approaches overlapping surgeries, the subject of...
Experts in medical journal call for curbing ‘abuses’ in overlapping surgeries
The article, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, gives a series of recommendations for how to improve transparency and accountability when doctors run...
Virginia Mason to inform patients about overlapping surgeries by their physician
Virginia Mason joins Swedish Health and the University of Washington with updated consent documents that inform surgical patients about the prospect of overlapping surgeries.
Swedish surgeons were double-booked, and patients didn't know | Quantity of Care
Some of Swedish Health’s top neurosurgeons have routinely run multiple operating rooms at the same time while keeping patients in the dark about the practice,...
What questions to ask your doctor if you’re considering surgery
Here are questions to ask and issues to think about when you face surgery.
Ex-Swedish surgeon Johnny Delashaw has medical license suspended by Washington state
The Medical Quality Assurance Commission said Dr. Johnny Delashaw had intimidated subordinates and put patient care at risk.