University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia will stop hiring smokers and tobacco users in July.
Leadership & Management
United Medical Center, the 350-bed, district-owned hospital in Washington, D.C., is about to undergo a massive overhaul after the D.C. Council approved a $12.7 million contract to a consulting firm that will overtake the hospital's operations, according to a Washington…
In general, healthcare CEOs are worried about how governments will respond to fiscal deficits and debt burden, according to the "16th Annual Global CEO Survey — Key Findings in the Healthcare Industry," a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals has announced plans to cut an unspecified number of jobs after its 2013 earnings outlook fell below analysts' estimates, according to a Tennessean report.
The following articles from the past month pertain to hospital management, especially in regards to leaders' relationships with hospital employees, communication issues and talent recruitment.
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When Sonia Mehta, MD, MBA, took the helm at Loretto Hospital in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago in November 2012, she inherited a non-profit community hospital that has had its fair share of challenges since it opened in 1939. In…
Surgical Directions announced it will attend the 2013 American Association of Clinical Directors Perioperative Leadership Summit March 15 to 17 in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco, Texas, has laid off about 50 employees — a workforce reduction that comes one month after its acquisition by Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare, according to a report from The Monitor.
Approximately 50 unionized employees and supporters picketed outside the executive offices of Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt., Feb. 15, protesting stalled contract negotiations, according to a Vermont Digger report.
San Diego-based Scripps Health is on the forefront of transforming healthcare to a high-quality, low-cost model, according to a Kaiser Health News report.