Attempts by hospitals and health systems to lower costs and improve care often backfire.
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Birmingham, Ala.-based Doster Construction Company announced last week it will immediately begin building a $27.3 million physician office at Mobile, Ala.-based USA Children's and Women's Hospital, according to Alabama Media Group.
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John Jay Shannon, MD, is CEO of Chicago-based Cook County Health and Hospital System. Dr. Shannon was voted unanimously into the role in June 2014 after serving three months as the system's interim CEO.
Many jobs in healthcare are high-stress: they require high levels of responsibility, especially when patient's lives and health outcomes are at risk. However, not all healthcare jobs are guaranteed to spike blood pressure.
Lewiston, N.Y.-based Niagara University plans to offer a new master's in healthcare administration degree, beginning this fall, according to Tonawanda News.
The search for an economic development leader overseeing Destination Medical Center — the multibillion dollar project intended to transform Rochester, Minn., into a global medical hub — was anticipated to take two months. It's taken nearly a year.
Raji Kumar, MBA, has served as CEO of Dallas Medical Center since 2010, but she has nearly 10 years of experience as a hospital CEO — and since she turned 40 in 2014, that's quite a feat. She will also…