Health reform will present many challenges for hospitals in the coming years. This will be a tumultuous period for our industry. Organizations that find their way through it will be the ones that have developed new ways of doing things.…
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The Portex UniPerc Percutaneous Tracheostomy Kit, the first dedicated percutaneous tracheostomy option with tubes designed specifically for patients with larger necks, has received a 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award from Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine, according to a news…
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.
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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.