There no doubt are many factors that go into making a hospital or health system a great place to work, but one of the fundamentals is hiring and retaining excellent, motivated employees. Employees who enjoy coming to work and interacting…
Leadership & Management
Albemarle Health in Elizabeth City, N.C., is laying off 39 employees as part of a plan to reduce expenses by up to $4 million over the next six months, according to an Outer Banks Voice report.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Health has cut 38 jobs related to billing and other non-patient-centric services, according to a Tennessean report.
It is clear that healthcare reform favors a consolidated healthcare industry. Beginning with the landmark Institute of Medicine publications — "Crossing the Quality Chasm" (2001) and "To Err is Human" (1999), — followed by the passage of the Patient Protection…
Joel T. Allison, FACHE, has served as the president and CEO of Baylor Health Care System in Dallas since 2000, making him one of the longest-tenured health system CEOs in the country.
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Bruce P. Bailey has served as president and CEO of Georgetown (S.C.) Hospital System since 2001.
Quint Studer, founder and Chairman of the Board of Studer Group, tends to disagree about something with his wife — when to arrive at the airport.
Nurses at Quincy (Mass.) Medical Center have voted to authorize a one-day strike if Boston-based Steward Health Care does not negotiate what nurses have called insufficient staffing, according to a Patriot Ledger report.
For the second time, officials at State University of New York have voted to shutter Long Island College Hospital, a Brooklyn-based facility that is part of the financially troubled SUNY Downstate Medical Center, according to a New York Times report.
Stewart-Webster Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital based in Richland, Ga., has shut down its emergency room, and the entire hospital will close this Friday, according to a WRBL report.