Former employees of Carlinville (Ill.) Area Hospital, who have either been fired or voluntarily resigned, claim the hiring of two hospital managers last year has led to low staff morale, according to a State-Journal Register news report.
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In a poll, nearly half (44 percent) of approximately 1,800 emergency physicians report that the biggest challenge to cutting costs in the emergency department is the fear of lawsuits, and 53 percent of respondents said the main reason they conduct…
Cardiologists who had a consulting relationship or other type of relationship with Biotronik may have called for more clinical trails of new devices to increase income from research fees, according to a story published in the New York Times.
Cleveland, Indianapolis and Greenville, S.C., healthcare markets may be close to saturation in hospital employment of primary care physicians and specialists, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change.
The physician provider agreement between the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Highmark could end in 2012, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
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Miami-based Jackson Health System wants to decrease employees' salaries and benefits by more than $200 million to stem the system's financial losses, according to a Miami Herald report.
A recent increase in headline-making violence at hospitals across the country has began to highlight the importance of security at hospitals, with some experts saying hospitals should do more to protect patients and staff, according to a Los Angeles Times…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals Case Medical Center is scheduled to open its new Center for Emergency Medicine on July 7, according to a Plain Dealer report.
A $46 million lawsuit filed in Dec. 2009 by a Mississippi hospital against its former management company, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health Resources, is still pending, according to a Natchez Democrat report. County-owned Natchez Regional Medical Center cited gross negligence and…
The American Hospital Association has reopened a project in conjunction with Ernst & Young to analyze IRS Schedule H forms to "pinpoint weakness in the form and advocate for necessary changes," according to an AHA News Now report. Hospitals may…