A new report by McGraw-Hill Construction, sponsored by Navigant and Pepper Hamilton LLP, outlines a few of the biggest risks related to construction projects, with delays topping the list.
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Crystal Lake, Ill.-based Centegra Health System and Janesville, Wis.-based Mercy Health System are appealing the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board's denial of both systems' requests for certificate of needs to build new facilities in McHenry County, according to…
Managing a crisis is a major test for any hospital executive.A hospital crisis, by definition, is unexpected and unpleasant. No organization seeks it out. No CEO yearns to face one.
Employees at Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, Tenn., are abiding by a new color-coded dress policy — a strategy that is expected to boost morale and professionalism — according to a Chattanooga News report. Beginning Jan. 1, clinical staff must…
Amid the rumbling shifts of healthcare reform is another change taking place within America’s hospitals: the graying of the C-suite. The departure of longtime CEOs is signaling an influx of first-time leaders — a recent Witt/Kieffer survey found 41 percent…
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After an election last week, Workers at El Camino Hospital in Mountainview, Calif., will keep their union — Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West — according to a Palo Alto Daily News report. Roughly 80 percent of nearly 1,200…
Lower reimbursement and increasing levels of uninsured patients has led Lourdes Medical Center in Pasco, Wash., to lay off 19 employees and reduce work hours for other employees, according to a Tri-City Herald report.
Port Huron (Mich.) Hospital has cut 50 full-time positions and eliminated some programs to make up for losses stemming from reduced federal and state reimbursements, according to a Times Herald report.
Healthcare as we know it is in a state of flux. Medical advancements and innovations have given us the tools to maintain health and treat disease in a way that was never thought possible even a half century ago. Yet,…
The number of urgent care clinics within retail outlets, including discount retailers and pharmacies grew more than 10 percent during 2011, according to the ConvUrgentCare Report, 2011 Year in Review.