Leadership & Management

Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolinas HealthCare System plans to take legal action in its contract dispute with Mecklenburg County, according to a Charlotte Business Journal report. A statement did not reveal what type of legal action the system would take, but documents…

Some medical teams at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare are responsible for finding best practices for improving quality and reducing healthcare costs, according to a Reuters report.

Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago is in contract negotiations with Chicago-based McCaffrey Interests for the sale and development of its Lincoln Park property as it prepares for a June 2012 move into its new facility in the Streeterville neighborhood, according…

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.

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.

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…