Officials at Southern Coos Hospital in Bandon, Ore., announced they will lay off up to 10 more employees by the end of this week, according to a Bandon Western World report.
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As the hospital industry enters its second year since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more organizations have accepted or are beginning to implement the law’s principles and philosophies. Terms like “team-based care” are no longer…
Cleveland-based MetroHealth System will eliminate 104 jobs and will not fill 151 vacant positions by next week as part of its job-cuts plan announced at the end of September, according to a MetroHealth news release.
Over the past two years, the number of independent hospitals joining systems through full asset mergers has rapidly increased. According to Irving Levin Associates, the number of transactions is on track to top 100 deals in 2011, up from only…
A jury has ordered Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, to pay $52 million to MRI Associates for violating a partnership agreement, according to a BusinessWeek report. This is the second time MRI Associates’ lawsuit against St. Alphonsus…
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A conflict between Albany, Ga.’s Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and a physician practice has grown in size and scope that it now is being heard in the U.S. Supreme Court, with arguments centering around whether police investigators have immunity from…
A lawsuit against Indiana’s first physician-owned hospital has been re-filed by its former operator, which claims hospital executives forced the hospital into bankruptcy, according to a Post-Tribune report. iHealthcare and Heartland Memorial Holdings owned Franciscan Physicians Hospital in Munster before…
Jackson Health System CEO Carlos Migoya announced yesterday a plan to transition nearly all rooms at Jackson Memorial Health System in Miami to private rooms, according to a Miami Herald report.
A hospital operating room is an ideal target for many patient safety initiatives and cost-cutting measures because of the complexity of the procedures and the cost of the supplies. Thus, improving the OR can help not only one department but…
Johnson & Johnson's Campaign for Nursing's Future will host the "Promise of Nursing for South Carolina" gala to raise funds and provide scholarships to help ease the nursing shortage in South Carolina.