Leadership & Management

Kiowa (Kan.) District Hospital will break ground on a new, approximately $8.2 million facility next month, according to a Wichita Eagle report.

St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton, Wis., part of Menasha, Wis.-based Affinity Health System, is planning a new bed tower as part of its current construction project, according to a Post-Crescent report.

St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children in Bayside, N.Y., opened its new pavilion as union employees picketed outside, according to a Bayside-Douglaston Patch report.

E.J. Noble Hospital in Gouverneur, N.Y., may lay off up to 70 employees after it closed its lab and other services following a negative review by the state's health department, according to a Watertown Daily News report.

The healthcare industry today is more complex and competitive than ever. The demand for efficiency and consistent positive results has never been greater. At the same time, the industry is facing an aging workforce, and experienced healthcare leaders in nursing…

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Kim Woodruff, vice president of corporate finances and compliance at Pinnacle III, will be giving a presentation titled "The Use of Social Media by ASCs and Practices."

Peggy Troy, RN, MSN, has served as president and CEO of Children's Hospital and Health System in Milwaukee since 2009.

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles is the primary teaching hospital for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is part of UCLA Health System.

West Valley Hospital in Dallas will showcase its $6.2 renovation and expansion of its operating rooms, according to a Statesman Journal report.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System and Royal Oak, Mich.-based Beaumont Health System announced today that they will stop hiring smokers beginning in January, according to a Detroit Free Press report.