This article explores eight of the most challenging and interesting issues that hospitals are facing as they move into 2013. Such issues include physician alignment strategy, the ability of hospitals to stay independent, the development of accountable care organizations, the…
Leadership & Management
In a recent blog post, Kim Fox, vice president with Nashville-based healthcare communications firm Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, says leaders should not only be concerned with what patients say about their hospital on social media. Sometimes, employees are the…
Becker's Hospital Review hosted its Hospital Strategy Roundtable on Nov. 1 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Chicago, bringing together 11 hospital industry leaders from across the country to discuss current challenges and opportunities facing the industry, as well as how…
Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, R.I., has laid off 31 people, including staff involved in management, administration and patient care, according to a Providence Journal report.
Hurricane Sandy put many of the country's mid-Atlantic hospitals to the test this past week. Hospitals did their best to prepare for the category 1 storm and deployed their disaster plans, but nature put even the best planning to the…
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Albuquerque, N.M.-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services is ending its defined benefit pension plan at year's end and transitioning its 9,000 employees into a defined contribution plan, according to a New Mexico Business Weekly report.
Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, Calif., has laid off 24 employees, according to a Modesto Bee report.
The American Hospital Association is now accepting applications for its Health Care Transformation Fellowship program, according to an AHA News Now report.
John Phillips, FACHE, has served as the president of Methodist Mansfield (Texas) Medical Center since August 2011.
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has laid off 84 employees from its Southern California region, according to a report from The Sun.