Innovation

An effort to establish corporate values and recruit excellent leadership in 2007 has blossomed into a companywide culture, satisfaction enhancement and performance measurement tool for surgery center developer Regent Surgical Health.

Henry Ford Health System's $360 million West Bloomfield hospital is still losing money after a year of operation, but the system has budgeted for the loss, according to the Detroit News.

There are no bad service lines, says David Anderson, a managing director at BDC Advisors in San Francisco, but each specialty poses particular challenges. Here he describes some of the challenges associated with 10 service lines.

The National Institutes of Health have awarded The Cleveland Clinic and lead investigator Yu-Shang Lee, MD, $1 million to research treatments for spinal cord injuries, according to a report in Crain's Cleveland Business.

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada will affiliate with the Nevada School of Medicine to become a teaching hospital under a plan approved by Clark County (Nev.) Commissioners, according to KTNV TV.

Michael Young, CEO of beleaguered Grady Hospital in Atlanta, said the hospital made money last year, cut length of stay from eight days to six and cut ED waiting time in half in 2009, according to an interview by WSB…

High-definition endoscopes and a new video processing system are helping gastroenterologists get a more accurate view during colonoscopies and upper-endoscopy procedures at Utah's Logan Regional Hospital, according to an article in the Cache Valley Daily.

Bob Carter, MD, PhD, has been named chief of the division of neurosurgery at the University of California San Diego Medical Center and Moores UCSD Cancer Center, according to a UCSD news release.

Hospitals feel compelled to buy the $1.7 million da Vinci robot surgery system to stay competitive, despite lack of clear evidence that it is superior to other surgery, according to a report by the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

A panel at the Cleveland Clinic selected 10 innovations from a list of 100 nominated by 60 doctors at the clinic. The winning innovations, elected last year, are ones that could have a direct patient benefit or enhance healthcare delivery…