Leadership & Management

When its customer relationship management vendor approached Legacy Health in late 2010 about using quick response codes marketing its direct marketing materials  to consumers, the Portland, Ore.-based integrated delivery network did not know what the codes were though it had…

The Michigan Nurses Association has filed a complaint alleging unfair labor practices at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.

Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore will eliminate 160 clerical positions by the end of the year due to the transition to electronic medical records, according to a Baltimore Business Journal report.

Janesville, Wis.-based Mercy Health System and Crystal Lake, Ill.-based Centegra Health System will have another chance later this year to convince the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to approve their certificate of need applications to build new hospitals…

RegionalCare Hospital Partners-Florence (Ala.) d/b/a, Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital, has filed a letter of intent with Alabama's Certificate of Need board of directors to build a new regional care facility, according to a RegionalCare news release.

The Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix, University of Arizona and District Medical Group have signed an affiliation agreement that may lead to a new hospital being built near UA's medical school in Phoenix, according to a Phoenix Business Journal…

Wilmington, Del.-based Christiana Care Health System plans to open an ambulatory care center in western Delaware County, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report.

Ricoh, a provider of digital office innovations, introduced its new eWriter Solution, a business-class tablet and back-end services designed to improve business efficiencies by moving paper processes online, according to a company news release.

Tim Walsh, president and CEO of Martha's Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs, Mass., has expressed cautious optimism regarding the hospital's fiscal year-end profits, according to a Martha's Vineyard Times news report.

The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services has proposed a rule that would rescind a policy requiring physicians or qualified non-physician practitioners to include their signature on lab requisitions.