University of Miami plans to lay off up to 800 employees from its medical school, a reduction partially due to reduced payments from partner Jackson Health System, according to a Miami Herald report.
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Frank Costa, MD, has been dismissed as medical director and administrator at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center due to his involvement with helping insurer Highmark purchase property for outpatient centers, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
Allen Weiss, MD, was appointed president and CEO of NCH Healthcare System, a 715-bed, two-hospital integrated healthcare system in Naples, Fla., in September 2006. Dr. Weiss' main interest lies in developing the three core competencies of the NCH Healthcare System…
Desiree Einsweiler has had an eventful year. In January, she was named interim administrator of Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage, Iowa, a partner facility of Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City and a Trinity Health hospital. While…
Kirkland, Wash.-based Evergreen Healthcare has unveiled its new name and logo as EvergreenHealth.
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Removing the supervision requirement for nurse anesthetists and granting nurse practitioners more authority would lower healthcare costs and provide more health coverage for patients, according to John Rowe, MD, a professor in the department of health policy and management at…
The Healthcare Financial Management Association awarded North American Partners in Anesthesia the "Peer Reviewed by HFMA" designation. NAPA's anesthesia department management services are provided to hospitals, health systems and healthcare facilities.
Researchers found more than 71 percent of surveyed individuals who use Summa Health System's social media platforms already use social media to seek personal health information.
A statewide survey of registered nurses conducted by the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals shows that nurses are still concerned with staffing in their facilities, with most nurses reporting they have much less time to spend with…
How do healthcare employees feel about the current job market, and how many plan to explore other employment options? The following statistics are from the April 2012 Randstad Engagement Index, which measures attitudes and perceptions that influence employee engagement across…