Following the 2011 webinar titled "Maximizing Operating Room Efficiency: Why Most ORs Are Set Up for Failure and What to Do About It," presented by Timothy Dowd, MD, managing partner and CEO of North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), and…
Leadership & Management
Carolinas Hospital System in Florence, S.C., has laid off 25 employees, according to a WPDE report.
Wahiawa (Hawaii) General Hospital was able to avoid planned layoffs and reduced hours after Hawaii Medical Center closed two locations in Honolulu and Ewa Beach, according to a KITV report.
The cost and revenue associated with operating rooms, as well as its central role in attracting physicians, makes leadership of this department critical for the overall performance of a hospital. An OR leader requires a broad set of skills, ranging…
The term "green" is thrown around a lot these days. Making the switch to more environmentally friendly practices and products is defining the growing age of sustainability, but all green technologies are not alike. One green technology that is becoming…
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Hospitals are exerting more effort to combat nurses’ compassion fatigue, which is a combination of secondary traumatic stress and burnout that leaves caregivers feeling less empathetic and even dreading encounters with certain patients, according to a Wall Street Journal report.…
Unionized nurses at New York City's Montefiore Medical Center have announced their intent to strike on Jan. 10 unless management and union representatives come to an agreement over staffing levels and salaries, according to a New York Times report.
Recent data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing showed that enrollment in all types of professional registered nursing programs increased from 2010-2011, including a 3.9 percent increase in entry-level Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree programs.
Nearly 500 employees have been laid off as a result of two Hawaii Medical Center closures, according to a KITV report.
Geisinger Health System, based in Danville, Pa., will no longer hire job applicants who use tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars and chewing or smokeless tobacco, beginning Feb. 1.