Leadership & Management

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.

Crozer Chester Nurses Association has approved a three-year contract with Crozer-Keystone Health System in Springfield, Pa., according to a PennLive news report.

Avera Marshall (Minn.) Medical Center is giving tours of its new $4 million surgical unit after more than a year of construction, according to a Marshall Independent report.

Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System is planning to build a 112-bed, $125 million facility to replace WellStar Paulding Hospital in Dallas, Ga., according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.

Highmark has filed a breach of contract and a false and deceptive advertising lawsuit against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and its affiliated hospitals, according to a Highmark news release.

Bamberg (S.C.) County Hospital may be announcing another round of layoffs as hospital executives continue to restructure the fiscally strapped hospital, according to a Times and Democrat news report.

Mercy Health System, based in Janesville, Wis., has submitted a $1.7 million plan to renovate Harvard (Ill.) Hospital, according to a Northwest Herald news report.

Hospitals have long tracked patient satisfaction ratings, but they didn't always carry great significance. While all hospitals want happy patients, hospitals have been historically plagued with the "doctor knows best" mentality — a mentality where clinical outcomes outweigh "touchy-feely" indicators…