Hospitals are increasingly focusing on lowering readmission rates to improve quality and patient safety and reduce costs. One contributor to 30-day readmissions is failure to take medications properly ...

Decatur, Ga.-based DeKalb Medical plans to add cardiac electrophysiology services to its Heart and Vascular Institute. The Institute will build an additional catheterization lab to accommodate this ...

In addition to the CEO, DeKalb Medical Center has also lost its chief financial officer and chief operating officer in recent weeks, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed Monday. Last week, the hospital ...

Dr. Sandra Elizabeth Ford took away one key lesson from her 15-plus years as DeKalb’s health director: Physical health requires more than medical care. These non-medical factors tied to where and how ...

A leader in cancer, heart attack treatment, and orthopedics, DeKalb Medical is a non-profit hospital system serving half a million patients annually. Founded in Atlanta in 1961, the system includes ...