Leadership & Management

Pen Bay Healthcare in Rockport, Maine, has eliminated eight positions and continues to look for other cost-saving measures due to impending reductions to the state's Medicaid program, according to a Bangor Daily News report.

Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in Williamsville, N.Y., has applied for a certificate of need to add a 10-bed neonatal intensive care unit, according to a hospital news release.

Geneva (N.Y.) General Hospital has broken ground on a $56 million construction project, according to a Democrat and Chronicle report.

Williamsport, Pa.-based Susquehanna Health has completed a new tower — the largest addition in the health system's $250 million construction project called Project 2012, according to a health system news release.

Executives at Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital in Tarpon Springs, Fla., have told city commissioners they will seek a name change for the hospital, which is now affiliated with Adventist Health System, according to a Tamba Bay Times report.

The Christ Hospital, based in Cincinnati, will begin a $265 million expansion project in June 2012, according to a hospital news release.

Transformation. This word is one I've been saying a lot lately. At Mercy St. Vincent, where I served as president and CEO until October, a transformation — in the form of creating a culture of continuous improvement — has been…

Three healthcare industry veterans — Carol J. Geffner, PhD, Barbara Ladon and Joseph R. Lupica — have announced the launch of their new healthcare advisory firm Newpoint Healthcare Advisors.

Columbus, Ohio-based OhioHealth's Research and Innovation Institute was recently featured in The Columbus Dispatch for its efforts to develop and commercialize employees' and physicians' ideas for new medical products.

Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital is laying off 75 employees — or 5 percent of its workforce — due to a fiscal year ending with a loss of roughly $10 million, according to a Hartford Business Journal report.