As hospitals and health systems across the country work toward coordinated and integrated care, most will need to alter their relationships with physicians. How a health system aligns its priorities with physicians is critical. That's because physicians have such an…
Leadership & Management
A survey by HR Solutions International found that employee engagement levels increased from 2010 to 2011, according to a news release.
Miami-based Jackson Health System's Board has approved union contracts with three SEIU bargaining units, which represent nurses, physicians and other workers at the hospital, according to a Miami Herald report.
This article briefly discusses 10 emerging healthcare issues for 2012, focusing principally on hospital and physician issues.
Results from a recent study suggest ICU physicians who direct fellowships are frequently overburdened from their workloads, according to research published in Critical Care Medicine.
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President Barack Obama signed the landmark healthcare reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, into law in March 2010, and now here we are, two years later, trying to absorb the ramifications of the past and prepare for…
Increasing pressure to reduce costs and improve quality can be overwhelming for hospital leaders. Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, president of the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals in Boston, says she approaches this challenge, like others she has faced, as an opportunity.…
The son of a hospital CMO, John P. Lynch, MD, is constantly pushing himself and his organization to outdo itself. Some might say it's in his bloodline. Since 2009, he has served as CMO at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis,…
This past September, Weiss Memorial Hospital brought in the East Coast-based Jeffrey Steinberg, MD, to lead the Chicago-based facility. Dr. Steinberg, a urological surgeon, came to Weiss Memorial — which is part of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems — from…
McLeod Loris (S.C.) Healthcare will lay off 48 works as part of a restructuring and financial pressure, according to a Sun News report.