St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Location: Memphis, Tenn. Type of company: Hospital/health system Meet the organization: With more than 3,600 employees, St. Jude’s is one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers. Fortune magazine ranked the hospital as No.…
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Birmingham, Ala.-based Baptist Health System has laid off 23 employees across its four hospitals and its headquarters, according to an AL.com report.
A new Medical Group Management Association report reveals physician on-call pay varies based on specialty, geographic region and practice size.
Penn Medicine Location: Philadelphia Type of company: Hospital/health system Meet the organization: Penn Medicine is the parent organization to the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine. Penn Medicine is one of the…
The Commonwealth Fund has released its 2014 "Scorecard on State Health System Performance."
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Medline Location: Mundelein, Ill. Type of company: Healthcare supply distributor Meet the organization: Medline, the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies in the country, was named a “Top Work Place” in 2013 by the Chicago Tribune and…
The following studies and stories regarding patient safety, compiled from Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's ASC Review over the past month, starting with the most recent.
Clinical trial reports and systematic reviews assessing the clinical efficacy of chlorhexidine and alcohol combinations as skin disinfectants may be misleading, as reported disinfectant properties only consider the chlorhexidine component, according to a study in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
The Pasquotank County board and the board of Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, N.C., approved a long-term lease agreement between Albemarle and Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare. Angleton (Texas) Danbury Medical Center and the University of Texas Medical Branch in…
Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City Location: Kansas City, Mo. Type of Company: Hospital/health system Meet the organization: Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City has been nationally ranked in eight specialties by U.S. News & World Report, and it was the first…