Leadership & Management

Cody, Wyo.-based West Park Hospital's $26 million modernization and construction project got a boost from the Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board this month when it awarded the hospital $1 million, according to a Billings Gazette report.

Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Halifax Health is using a pre-screening policy for emergency department patients in an effort to cut costs, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.

A trustee of University Hospitals in Cleveland has donated an extraordinary $30 million to the health system 11 months after it announced a $1.2 billion expansion plan, according to a Cleveland Plain Dealer news report.

An online directory launched by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will give patients a new avenue to find comprehensive, comparative and quality healthcare information provided on physicians and hospitals in their communities, according to a RWJF news release.

A study by Lewin Group on behalf of the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association found that Arizona hospitals contributed $27.8 billion to the state's economy, or 10.5 percent of its GDP, in 2009.

A judge has dismissed an age discrimination suit against Battle Creek (Mich.) Health by its former CEO Patrick Garrett but awarded Mr. Garrett nine months of severance pay estimated at $321,000, according to a Battle Creek Enquirer report.

Mission Trail Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, part of Baptist Health System, opened for business on June 27, according to a news release by the hospital.

A new $100.5 million, five-story patient tower and expansion will soon begin at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine, Texas, according to a health system news release.

Just 10 days after the new St. Anthony Hospital relocated to its new location in Lakewood, Colo., hospital officials announced preliminary plans for the old hospital site in Denver, according to a hospital news release.

Patient-centered care may lead to lower annual healthcare costs and a decreased usage of healthcare services, according to a UC Davis Health System study in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. The study monitored 509 new adult…