Leadership & Management

Organizations deemed "too big to fail" pose a risk in any industry. In healthcare, integrated health systems may grow so large that they technically survive, but fail in other aspects of patient care, according to a recent blog post from…

More than 400 service workers at Washington (Pa.) Hospital voted to strike if they are unable to reach a contract agreement with management, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.  

All hospital leaders face the same pressures and challenges: reduce costs, standardize practices, risk sharing, consolidation, information technology implementation, physician integration and the need to provide “value” to the healthcare consumer. Why do some hospitals succeed while others fail? There…

Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia, Ga., is an acute-care facility.

Overall, high workload is the biggest driver of dissatisfaction for rehabilitation therapists, according to Trends in Rehabilitation Services 2012, a national report on therapist attitudes and workforce trends by staffing company Jackson Healthcare.

The following hospital and/or health system job eliminations were announced or implemented within the past month. They are listed by the number of employees or positions affected.  

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii is planning to lay off 47 registered nurses at some of its 18 clinics as part of a "redesign," according to a Star Advertiser report.

Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Medical Center has laid off eight members of its administrative staff, according to a Wyoming Tribune Eagle report.

As much as healthcare has changed since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, there is no doubt more change is coming in 2013. Hospitals and health systems will continue transitioning away from the fee-for-service world while…

Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill., is an acute-care facility that serves communities in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.