Recuperative centers for homeless patients are on the rise in California, helping patients recover from surgeries and take medications after they are released from the hospital, according to a Los Angeles Times report. The facilities cut the costs of emergency…
Leadership & Management
Healthcare CEOs today face a remarkably complex environment. The changing external landscape can be daunting, making it all the more critical a hospital or health system's internal operations are seamless. Additionally, because of the large number of priorities that must…
Contract negotiations between nurses at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass., and hospital administrators came to a halt last week as both sides were unable to agree on terms for nurses' retirement benefits as well as the inclusion of a…
Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, will close five of the six retail clinics it operates in Walmart supercenters throughout central, eastern and northern Maine, according to a news release.
The American Hospital Association spent $4.2 million on federal lobbying efforts in the second quarter of 2011, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
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Martha Jefferson Hospital has officially opened its new location in Charlottesville, Va., according to a Daily Progress report.
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a final rule that will require employers, including most hospitals, to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act, according to an NLRB news release.
Partners HealthCare, based in Boston, has reported $178 million in operating income for the first nine months of fiscal year 2011, indicating a 74 percent increase from the previous period of FY 2011, according to a Boston Business Journal report.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center plans to add approximately 1,900 jobs next year to meet growing patient volumes, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
Scripps Health and Sharp Healthcare, both based in San Diego, spent a combined $674 million in community benefits last year, according to a San Diego Union-Tribune report.