Mt. Diablo Health Care District, based in Concord, Calif., is making some last-ditch efforts to avoid dissolution, according to a Contra Costa Times report.
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Windham Community Memorial Hospital in Willimantic, Conn., will soon lay off 21 workers from the hospital's billing and transcription department, according to a Norwich Bulletin report.
A hospital operating room can be a very cost- and resource-consuming department. However, investing in the OR can pay the hospital back in dividends. The following three responses discuss how a strong OR can increase the value of the hospital.…
A federal mediator has joined contract negotiations between St. Charles Medical Center-Bend (Ore.) and representatives of approximately 600 service workers at the hospital, according to a KTVZ report.
Nurses at HCA's Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., have joined nurses at other HCA hospitals in the state in picketing over staffing levels, according to a St. Petersburg Times report.
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North American Partners in Anesthesia has announced its educational and sponsor participation in the second annual Community Hospital 100 executive management conference, according to a NAPA news release.
Many hospitals are establishing hospitalist programs to provide more focused care to hospitalized patients and to help reduce length of stay and readmissions. In late August, for instance, St. John's Mercy Heart and Vascular Hospital in St. Louis began a…
Managing change is one of the hardest parts of being a hospital CEO. These men and women are confronting pressing decisions, sometimes under tight deadlines, that may make or break their organization. Questions over hospital consolidation, accountable care organizations and…
Mission Health, based in Asheville, N.C., recently asked state officials on the House Select Committee on the Certificate of Need Process and Related Hospital Issues to release it from regulations that restrict its ability to compete in the area, according…
St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., has cut 117 jobs, affecting 60 employees, according to a Telegram & Gazette report.