A large number of Pittsburgh-area physicians still want UPMC to resume contract negotiations with Highmark despite a proposed merger with the hospital system’s rival, West Penn Allegheny Health System, according to a Pittsburgh Business Journal report. A survey found 78…
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Healthcare reform legislation has increased demands concerning quality, cost and efficiency of hospitals and health systems. One way to manage these expectations is to create a strategic plan that clearly outlines goals for the future and how to reach them.…
University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nev., has agreed to pay a former employee $150,000 after she accused the hospital of failing to accommodate her claustrophobia, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal news report.
May revenues at Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa, increased since April, but the hospital is still in the red, according to a Newton Daily New report.
The new Jamestown (N.D.) Regional Medical Center is close to opening after nearly two years of construction, according to a Jamestown Sun news report.
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The Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol, Pa., has moved a step closer to reemerging from bankruptcy as its redevelopment plan was approved unanimously by county commissioners, according to a PhillyBurbs.com report.
St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pa., broke ground today on a $22 million expansion and redesign of its emergency department and trauma center, according to a hospital news release.
Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill., has submitted a plan to build a $202 million addition that would be committed to outpatient care and research, according to a Chicago Business news report.
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Pomona, N.J., has been granted permission by the Stockton College Board of Trustees to construct a six-story tower on that campus, according to a Press of Atlantic City news report.
West Tennessee Healthcare, a non-profit, public health system based in Jackson, expects to end this fiscal year with approximately $12.5 million in profit, representing a 2.1 percent operating margin, according to a Jackson Sun news report.