Stanford Hospital & Clinics in Palo Alto, Calif., is creating an affiliated medical foundation that is looking to recruit 250 physicians in the Bay Area, according to a report by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.
Care Coordination
Busy hospitals transport hundreds of patients daily through different areas of the facility. From the emergency department to surgery to patient rooms, staff members use a wide variety of equipment to move and treat these patients.
Alfred Casale, MD, is assistant chief medical officer of the Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., which employs 800 physicians, runs three hospitals totaling almost 900 beds and operates a health plan and a pharmacy.
To Brent Lambert, turning around a moneylosing surgery center is a simple matter. "If staffing costs are 40 percent of revenues, I know we can turn the center around," says Lambert, co-founder of ASCOA. "In money-losing centers, staffing is usually…
American Anesthesiology, a subsidiary of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based MEDNAX, has acquired Wilmington (N.C.) Anesthesiologists, a physician group practice that provides anesthesia services for more than 39,000 cases annually, including surgical, obstetrical and cardiovascular patients, according to a MEDNAX news release.
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Pain management can be a successful specialty for ASCs looking to add or enhance this line of revenue to their centers. According to the VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker, around 17 percent of surgery centers' total case volume was due to…
Pointing to an increase in market share, University Hospitals in Cleveland plans to add 500 positions this year, mostly physicians, including residents and fellows, according to a release from University Hospitals.
Brockton, Mass.-based Signature Healthcare has formed a clinical affiliation with Boston's Tufts Medical Center and its Floating Hospital for Children, according to a report in the Boston Globe.
Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Ill., is about to move into a new $325 million replacement hospital a few miles away, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
Huntsville Hospital broke ground on a new 60-bed hospital in Madison, Ala., that is expected to open in Feb. 2012, according to a report by al.com.