Hospitals traditionally define competency in terms of credentials, academic reputation and training, but have begun to realize that poor performance is seldom due to clinical or technical inadequacies. Usually, problems contributing to bad outcomes are personal.
Leadership & Management
"I've never heard someone tell me, 'You just don't understand,' because they know I do."
The Utah Jazz has announced a five-year exclusive partnership with Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health Care in which UofU Health Care will be the "official healthcare partner" of the Utah Jazz NBA team.
Eighty-two food service workers will no longer have their jobs at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., as of Jan. 26, according to a Worcester Telegram & Gazette report.
Englewood, Colo.–based Catholic Health Initiatives, a national nonprofit health system, will cut 1,500 positions by the end of January, according to The Denver Post.
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Earlier this fall UnitedHealth Group reshuffled its senior management as part of a leadership "evolution" to better meet reform-era market needs.
Owatonna (Minn.) Hospital has trimmed its workforce in a business move that affected 20 employees and led to three or four employees losing their jobs, according to an Owatonna People's Press report.
Sheldon Retchin, MD, MPH, will be the executive vice president of health sciences and CEO of Columbus, Ohio-based Wexner Medical Center, as of March 2, 2015. He will be responsible for a $2.1 billion budget at the 1,246-bed medical center.
Although there is room for improvement, the U.S. overall is highly prepared in the event of a health emergency or disaster, according to this year's National Health Security Preparedness Index.
Kathy A. Young, MHA, was selected as president and CEO of Borgess Health in Kalamazoo, Mich., in November. Borgess Health is operated by Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic Health System, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo.