Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare banned smoking earlier this year on its hospital campuses, and now Utah's largest health system plans to impose a $20 monthly surcharge to the health premiums of employees who use tobacco, according to a Salt…
Leadership & Management
Many CEOs have coaches, as well as all professional athletes, so why isn't it common for medical professionals to be coached as well? Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Bright, USMC (Ret.), a certified professional life coach and founder of On Target Leading,…
Many hospitals have explored alternatives to their emergency department, such as urgent care clinics and retail clinics, to reduce overcrowding, costs and inefficiency. Swedish Medical Center–Issaquah (Wash.) campus took a different approach: The hospital created a "no-wait" ED where patients…
A federal judge has recommended University of Pittsburgh Medical Center continue its “Keep Your Doctor” campaign, much to the disappointment of Pittsburgh-based insurer Highmark, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report. Highmark filed suit against UPMC over the campaign in July,…
The industrialization of healthcare — where patients are “consumers” and physicians are “providers” — may have detrimental effects on physicians’ clinical judgment and dissuade high-caliber people from entering the field, according to two physicians from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center…
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Hundreds of Los Angeles-based Keck Medical Center employees began a one-day strike today, as the employees and the hospital work to agree to a contract, according to an LA Times report.
The country’s increased focus on high-quality but cost-effective care is setting off a sea change in the healthcare industry. Pushed to be more conscious of prices and efficiency, more physicians are adopting team-based approaches to care and seeking business degrees.…
For Cliff Shiepe, CEO of Tri-City Regional Medical Center in Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., the future success of small community hospitals like his might be like a school dance: In order to get the most out of it, you need a…
Union employees of Regional Hospital of Scranton (Pa.) are calling on hospital leaders to maintain patient safety standards after being sold to a major hospital operator, according to a WNEP report.
Registered nurses and officials at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton, Mont., have reached a new three-year collective bargaining agreement, according to a Montana Nurses Association news release.