Leadership & Management

A study published in the September issue of Health Affairs found that health systems within local and regional markets have taken measurable efforts since the 1990s to improve care quality by concentrating, low-volume, complex procedures within the most advanced facilities…

Texas Sen. Kirk Watson has released his plans for a medical school, teaching hospital, clinics and a healthcare research institute in Austin, Texas, according to an American-Statesman report.

Swedish Medical Center, based in Seattle, may cut 300 jobs, though some affected employees may be transferred to Swedish Medical Center's Issaquah campus, according to an Issaquah Press report.

Physician Hospitals of America, the trade group representing the physician-owned hospital industry, said 7,000 healthcare jobs could be created if POH projects were allowed to move forward, according to a MarketWatch news release.

Thousands of California nurses will walk off their jobs Thursday in what may be the country’s largest nursing strike to date, according to a Sacramento Bee report. More than 23,000 nurses from more than 30 Sutter Health and Kaiser Permanente…

Hospitals, healthcare clinics and medical centers in the United States are increasingly spending more in advertising and marketing efforts, according to a New York Times report.

John Di Capua, MD, is deputy CEO and chief medical officer of North American Partners in Anesthesia Corp.; vice president of anesthesia services of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System; and chairman and the Peter Walker Professor of Anesthesiology in…

Officials at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper plan to outsource four different services that could affect roughly 100 employees, according to a Star-Tribune report.

Three hospital systems have received credit rating downgrades in the last 30 days, according to HFA Partners.

St. John's Health System, based in Springfield, Mo., will undergo a name change to Mercy starting in 2012, according to a KSPR report.