The Michigan Nurses Association announced more than 500 Michigan nurses and nursing students protested at the Capitol last week in support of legislation for staffing ratios and healthcare worker safety.
Leadership & Management
The following hospital name changes were announced in the past six months, beginning with the most recent.
In 2010, the government predicted 3.2 million new jobs in healthcare between 2008 and 2018 — more than any other industry. Part of the growth is driven by aging baby boomers, but there are also other forces at work. For…
Hospitals' senior managers are more likely to visit certain departments than others, according to a recent study from HR Solutions International, which found food and nutrition departments have the highest perceived visibility to management.
Here are 13 hospitals that opened within the last month, beginning with the most recent.
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In the last three months, Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas has dismissed roughly 75 people who did not meet the administration's expectations for their jobs, according to a HealthLeaders Media report.
Today, the healthcare sector commands 17.4 percent of the Gross Domestic Product and on average, each American expends nearly $5,500 per year on healthcare. More troubling is that nearly 30 percent of the $2.5 trillion, or $750 billion, is spent…
A new white paper by The Beryl Institute shares perspectives of seven physicians on the importance of physician involvement in improving overall patient experience.
SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West has endorsed a proposed joint-powers authority arrangement to keep St. Rose Hospital in Hayward, Calif., open and out of arrangements with Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare.
Lori Lapin Jones, JD, has been appointed by the U.S. Trustee's office to lead the bankrupt Peninsula Hospital, based in Far Rockaway, N.Y., according to a New York Daily News report.