Leadership & Management

Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., has announced the opening of a new 73,000-square-foot emergency and trauma center.

Sylvia Smith Johnson, MBA, has served as the president and CEO of Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore since June 2006.

The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha is the teaching hospital for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, which is also in Omaha.

North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, La., last week unveiled its latest addition, a five-story wing with 95 private rooms, according to the health system.

Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah, is the major medical referral center for northwestern Arizona, southeastern Nevada and southern Utah.

Nurses, pharmacists and physicians were the top three professions with the most perceived honesty and ethical standards in 2012, according to the latest Gallup poll.

San Francisco-based Dignity Health plans to lay off 50 nurses and other employees at two of its California hospitals, according to a Ventura County Star report.

Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center Avera in Sioux Center, Iowa, has secured funding to build a $55 million replacement facility.

Interviews are not only a time for candidates to answer questions, but also to ask their own — an exchange that can be equally telling.

Food is an significant source of entertainment and pleasure for many individuals, and dietary services often takes on increasing importance for hospital patients who are bored or anxious.