Leadership & Management

HOSPITIAL ADMININSTRATORS CAN BE HELD BOTH CIVILLY AND CRIMINALLY LIABILITY FOR DEATHS AND INJURIES RESULTING FROM HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS WHERE THEY HAD PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE RISK AND FAILED TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO ELIMINATE IT

The realities of healthcare reform — including the departure from fee-for-service models of care, shrinking reimbursement and higher quality standards — means the impetus for collaboration around cost, quality and outcomes is only going to grow.

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health expects to eliminate 25 to 30 full-time jobs as it consolidates inpatient services from Baystate Mary Lane in Ware, Mass., to Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer, Mass.

The Indiana Hospital Association recognized two healthcare leaders with its two highest awards last week at the 2015 IHA Annual Membership Meeting, according to a news release.

Mount Sinai Roosevelt, part of New York-based Mount Sinai Health System, is getting a new name, according to a news release.

Damon King, former president and CEO of Medical Center of Central Georgia — now known as Macon, Ga.-based Navicent Health — died Nov. 16, according to 13 WMAZ.

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare has changed the leadership of its volunteer board of directors.

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Training required beyond traditional development plans – and tough decisions when training isn't enough Rapid pace of change demands transformational leadership

It is no secret that the health care industry and hospitals are experiencing traumatic levels of change. Between the political rhetoric on both sides of Obamacare and the industry's consolidation trend, leaders have never had more challenges to make tough…