As the nation places more scrutiny on transparency in healthcare, pressure for providers make clinical outcomes and prices more visible and easy-to-understand grows by the day. Where do consumers' dollars go? Why do procedures vary in cost so widely, even…
Leadership & Management
On Thurs., April 18, healthcare supply chain experts from three Chicago-area health systems shared best practices for managing the clinical supply chain in a panel at an educational program hosted by the Chicago Health Executives Forum.
Memorial Medical Center in Modesto, Calif., gave layoff notices to 39 employees in its business office yesterday, according to a Modesto Bee report.
Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, said the sobering events from 9/11 are part of the reason why it appears every person who was wounded but alive at the Boston Marathon at the time…
George B. Hernandez Jr., JD, serves as president and CEO of University Health System in San Antonio, Texas. University Health System is comprised of University Hospital, a non-profit HMO, a non-profit multi-specialty physician practice and joint ownership of San Antonio…
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Mike Buongiorno is CFO of Main Line Health, the parent company of Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Hospital and three other Pennsylvania acute-care hospitals. In his role, Mr. Buongiorno oversees the health system's $1.7 billion in annual revenues.
Reading (Pa.) Health System laid off 210 employees yesterday and is eliminating another 181 jobs through attrition, according to a Reading Eagle report.
Detroit Medical Center will lay off 300 employees due to Medicare cuts from sequestration, according to a Detroit Free Press report.
Historically, a cardinal rule guiding decision making in hospitals was that administrators made decisions on administrative matters, but decisions impacting physicians and their practice of medicine could only be made by other physicians. However, as organizations respond to current cost…
Yesterday, Des Moines-based Iowa Health System changed its name to UnityPoint Health to better reflect the health system's efforts to transition into a patient-centered health delivery system where care is convenient, easy to navigate and focused on maintaining health. The…