Leadership & Management

Lakeside Health System in Brockport, N.Y., has officially started a full closure process for its 61-bed acute-care hospital, Lakeside Memorial Hospital, according to a bulletin on the hospital's website.

In conjunction with Earth Day yesterday, the American Society for Healthcare Engineering recognized 18 hospitals and health systems for using innovative strategies to save energy and make energy efficiency a priority.

The American Hospital Association's Health Research & Educational Trust and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence have released a guide for hospital leaders to determine their current state and progress on value-based metrics.

Joan Magruder, MBA, has served as president of St. Louis Children's Hospital, a part of BJC HealthCare System in St. Louis, since March 2013.

The Massachusetts Hospital Association has reported that as of last Thursday, 20 Boston-area hospitals treated 219 patients from the Boston Marathon bombings, according to a Boston Business Journal report.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center plans to reorganize its workforce by slowing hiring, potentially reducing its hiring rate by approximately 2,000 employees this year, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.

Unionized employees at University of California hospitals will take a vote next week to authorize a strike, according to a U-T San Diego report.

The AHA has released its annual advocacy agenda, a list of the association's main priorities for the year and a resource for members to use to explain hospitals' concerns to legislators.  

The following hospital and/or health system job eliminations were announced or implemented within the past month. They are listed by the number of employees or positions affected.  

Orlando (Fla.) Regional Medical Center is ending hospital services at its Lucerne Pavilion early this summer — sooner than expected — and the change will involve layoffs, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.