LSU Health Shreveport (La.) currently faces a $12.8 million budget shortfall and is looking across the board for potential cuts, according to a Shreveport Times report.
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Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia said cash-strapped Doctors Medical Center in California may be forced to close next year if county residents vote down a special parcel tax in November, according to a Richmond Confidential report.
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board is expected to vote on whether or not Oak Forest (Ill.) Hospital should be converted to a 24-hour immediate care center, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Protestors, in remembrance of a youth killed in a drive-by shooting last year, gathered outside University of Chicago Medical Center earlier this week, urging the hospital to reopen its trauma center, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report.
NorthBay Healthcare and Kaiser Permanente are planning to build separate trauma centers in Fairfield, Calif., and Vacaville, Calif., respectively, according to a North Bay Business Journal report.
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A former accountant for Munson Healthcare, based in Traverse City, Mich., has been charged for embezzling $1.1 million from the hospital system and hiding it in phony bank accounts, according to a Chicago Tribune report. The U.S. Attorney’s Office claims…
The operating room resource nurse on the evening shift has an important role in OR efficiency and patient safety, according to a Stanford Nurse report.
Four health systems have received credit downgrades in the last 30 days, according to HFA Partners.
Appalachian Regional Healthcare in Beckley, W.Va., will appeal the dismissal of its lawsuit against the state for alleged inadequate Medicaid payments, according to a CNBC report.