Nearly 300 nurses at Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Fla., are expected to participate in an informational picket tomorrow morning over staffing issues at the hospital, according to a St. Petersburg Times report.
Leadership & Management
The U.S. House has approved legislation that will reauthorize $330 million in funding for graduate medical education at children's hospital over five years, according to an AHA News Now report.
Today's hospital leaders face a daunting task: keeping their organizations afloat and their employees happy while battling uncertain mandates of healthcare reform and fighting increased competition for patients, physicians and payor contracts. Paul Spiegelman, founder and CEO of The Beryl…
In 2001, Virginia Mason Medical Center Chairman and CEO Gary S. Kaplan, MD, FACP, FACMPE, introduced the Virginia Mason Production System, a strategy of continuous process improvement based on Toyota's manufacturing principles of waste elimination. Now, after approximately 10 years,…
Stuck in size between large hospitals and small ambulatory surgery centers, physician-owned surgical hospitals face a breadth of challenges in today's healthcare environment, including in the human resources department. Large hospitals can afford to hire a several-member HR department while…
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In a Sept. 15 webinar titled "Patient Experience: Measurable Strategies to Improve Efficiency, HCAHPS and Reimbursements," three healthcare leaders discussed proven methods to better engage, empower and satisfy patients.
Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif., will be laying off 175 employees in response to the economic downturn and changing reimbursements, according to a Daily Pilot report.
Vickie Diamond, CEO of Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, said no hospital employee will lose their job as a result of the outsourcing of four hospital departments, according to a Billings Gazette report.
Florida's Jupiter Medical Center Says Tenet, Scripps Overstating Economic Impact of Planned Hospital
In an opinion piece for the Palm Beach Post J.R. Taddeo, chairman of Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center, claims Tenet Healthcare and Scripps Florida are overstating the economic impact and jobs that will be created by the new facility they plan…
Joe Shutts, COO of HCA's National Patient Account Services is a veteran of 30 years in the healthcare industry. During his career, he has held business positions at hospitals, including CFO of a community hospital, and corporate offices. His healthcare…