Janesville, Wis.-based Mercy Health System has asked the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to hold new administrative hearings on its plans to build a new hospital in Crystal Lake, Ill., according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
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Mobile, Ala.-based Infirmary Health System will close its 124-bed Infirmary West Hospital by the end of the month, according to a Mobile Press-Register report.
Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain, Ohio, has reached an agreement with its nurses, avoiding a strike scheduled to occur this week, according to a Chronicle-Telegram report.
Three MedWest hospitals in North Carolina, part of Carolinas HealthCare System, recently laid off more than 80 employees, according to a Asheville Citizen-Times report.
Jani Johnson has served as president and CEO of St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kan., since September 2012.
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Memorial Medical Center of Modesto (Calif.) may implement layoffs or relocate jobs to Sacramento, possibly as early as next month, according to a Modesto Bee report.
In September 2012, the healthcare sector gained 44,000 jobs — the second-highest jump the sector has seen in the past 10 years, according to a report from the Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending (pdf).
Michelle Hood, FACHE, has served as president and CEO of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems since 2006.
Labor costs normally represent 45 to 60 percent of a hospital's expenses, making the workforce a perpetual target of cost control. In 2011, many hospitals experienced increases in turnover and continued to struggle with the retention of high performers, according…