Leadership & Management

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.

Ponca City (Okla.) Medical Center is part of Community Health Systems in Brentwood, Tenn.

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Stephen Blake, CEO of Central Park ENT & Surgery Center, will be giving a presentation titled "Great Specialties — How to Profit From ENT in ASCs."

The New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. announced its Harlem Hospital Center in New York City has opened its new $325 million facility.

Approximately 67 percent of healthcare employees reported receiving a flu vaccination for 2011-2012, roughly 3.5 percent more than the previous flu season, according to a survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America is creating roughly 2,000 jobs over the next five years as it expands in Davidson County, Tenn., according to a Memphis Business Journal report.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital, both in Little Rock, have opened the new Centers for Children in Jonesboro, Ark., according to an Arkansasmatters.com report.

Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora announced the opening of its new 355,000-square-foot East Tower.

Kilmichael (Miss.) Hospital will open a new clinic this week, according to a Winona Times report.