Leadership & Management

The following is excerpted with permission from the blog, "Not Running a Hospital," authored by Paul Levy, former CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. As my regular readers know, I oppose protectionist policies against new healthcare providers…

Here are four things to consider when constructing a hospital.

Altoona (Pa.) Regional Health System is planning to close the former Bon Secours Mercy Hospital in Altoona near the end of March, according to an Altoona Mirror report.

Franciscan St. Francis Health-Beech Grove (Ind.) will officially end all inpatient operations March 16, according to an Indiana Business Journal report.

Employees at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage can receive a $10,000 bonus if they help recruit operating room nurses, according to a KTUU 2 report.

Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett (Tenn.) has announced the completion of its $34 million expansion project.

Wilbarger General Hospital in Vernon, Texas, has completed the first phase of a $2.5 million renovation project, according to a Times Record News report.

Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville, Calif., has been granted state approval to begin using a new 50,000-square-foot wing after completing the $40 million expansion project in January, according to a Daily Press report.

Hackensack (N.J.). University Medical Center has announced the state has approved the reopening of the former Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, N.J., after more than a year of planning.

Many are talking about the need for physicians and hospital leaders to collaborate to improve quality and reduce cost but the real question is: In what ways is it being done successfully? Are the right questions being asked? Regardless of…