Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, Pa., will be moving to a new healthcare facility just four miles away from Carlisle (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, according to a Patriot-News report.
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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has removed 29 people from its 51-member board of directors in an effort to improve the board's effectiveness, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.
Baptist Health South Florida, a non-profit four-hospital system based in Miami, has posted an operating revenue of $1.65 billion in 2010, beating out for-profit health systems in the area, according to a South Florida Business Journal news report.
Hospitals, including Community Hospital of San Bernardino (Calif.), are inviting non-profit community organizations to submit letters of intent to the Catholic Healthcare West Community Grants program, according to a Press-Enterprise news report.
University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center received a $20 million donation that will go toward building its own children's hospital, according to a Democrat and Chronicle news report.
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Nearly half of the hospitals in New Hampshire have submitted amended tax returns seeking $51 million in overpaid taxes believed to be owed, according to a New Hampshire Union Leader news report.
A study by the Center to Advance Palliative Care found 63 percent of U.S. hospitals with more than 50 beds had a palliative care team in 2009 —an increase of 138.3 percent since 2000, when just 24.5 percent of hospitals…
Nurses at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, N.Y., picketed outside the hospital in protest of nurse staffing ratios, according to a Port Times Record news report.
Many hospitals target turnover time as a way to improve the efficiency of their operating rooms. While reducing turnover time is beneficial, unless the turnovers are excessively long, the resultant increase in efficiency may not be as great as that…
Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, S.C., has implored state officials to stop expansion plans for Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center, according to a Post and Courier news report.