Leadership & Management

Syracuse (N.Y.) VA Medical Center announced that it will soon open a $90 million addition, according to a report by The Republic.

The National Weather Service has predicted another active hurricane season in 2013. As many hospitals around the country have learned, a hurricane can be devastating to both a hospital and the surrounding community.

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, MD, will resign next month, according to a CNN report.

Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek, Ohio, is expanding to respond to increased demand in the area, particularly for surgical services, according to a Dayton Daily News report.

Nyack (N.Y.) Hospital has announced plans to expand its emergency department, according to a Rockland County Times report.

Heritage Valley Health System in Beaver, Pa., will close its pediatric inpatient unit, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.

Strategic envy can be a force for change in both the U.K. and U.S. health systems, according to a commentary in New England Journal of Medicine.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare has launched a public service campaign called "LiVe Well" to help people make healthy decisions.

Four-hospital, Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health Partners is dropping "Partners" from its name, according to a Dayton Daily News report.

When some healthcare providers and leaders think of population health and accountable care organizations, they think of managed care and health management organizations. Besides the word "manage," however, these models have few things in common, according to Richard Afable, MD,…