Leadership & Management

The University of California San Diego School of Medicine has opened its $70 million Medical Education and Telemedicine Center, designed for training purposes, according to a San Diego Union-Tribune report.

Steward Health Care System, based in Boston, is launching a new insurance plan that requires consumers to use it for routine healthcare needs with Steward-affiliated physicians and facilities, according to a Wall Street Journal report. For-profit Steward plans to work…

The following nine responses address leadership in the operating room, particularly concerning initiatives to improve OR efficiency.

Exeter (N.H.) Health Resources said it would cut the equivalent of 110 full-time jobs and shut down Exeter Healthcare, its skilled nursing facility, according to a Union Leader report.

Danbury (Conn.) Hospital plans to lay off 129 food service workers in October as it will outsource its kitchen, cafeteria and coffee shop to a private company, according to a News-Times report.

The 500 registered nurses at Brooklyn (N.Y.) Hospital Center and the hospital's administration have agreed on a new three-year contract, according to a New York State Nurses Association news release.

A plan by Miami-Dade (Fla.) County health leaders to transition struggling Jackson Health System away from public control into a non-profit overseen by a private board has stalled, according to a Miami Herald report.

A new study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati published in Medical Care suggests that mental effort and stress levels are fairly similar across medical specialties, according to a news release.

The former attorney for Hudson Healthcare, the non-profit operator of Hoboken (N.J.) University Medical Center, said he quit due to his fear that the city was committing fraud by orchestrating the bankruptcy of its hospital, according to a Herald News…

Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Spring, Calif., has laid off five employees from various departments, according to a Desert Sun report.