Leadership & Management

The 78-bed Sharon (Conn.) Hospital has laid off 26 employees due to financial problems, according to a Hartford Business report.  

Paul R. Summerside, MD, MMM, CMO and chief compliance officer of BayCare Clinic in Green Bay, Wis., is not one to give up easily. Not when he has to arrive at a golf course before 5 a.m. to get tee…

Arlington, Ill.-based Northwest Community Healthcare has laid off 104 employees this week due to its $13.2 million operational loss in 2011, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

Physicians-in-training at Peninsula Hospital in New York are urging a governing body to revoke the hospital's credentials as a teaching facility, according to a New York Daily News report.

Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System has announced the move of its headquarters from Lenexa, Kan., to Denver.

As part of the effort to encourage a more patient-centric care model, the federal government is implementing new Medicare reimbursement strategies that hold healthcare providers accountable for encouraging patient engagement in their care, both inside and outside hospital walls. Healthcare…

When Lori Martin, RN, administrator and clinical director at SUMMIT Surgery Center at Saint Mary's Galena in Reno, Nev., found herself battling cancer and needing to scale back her full-time work schedule for several months, she fully realized the value…

Swedish Medical Center in Seattle recently alerted employees that it's losing $250,000 a day and that system workforce reductions are likely, according to a Seattle Times report.

Tenet Healthcare and the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United have agreed on a new four-year contract for six of the hospital operator's hospitals, according to a San Francisco Business Times report.

Being a great employee isn't just about doing the work. It's about doing the work and navigating the minefield of leader, coworker and patient needs. Ironically, for most people this all comes together about the time you retire. Wouldn't it…