Leadership & Management

Vanguard Health Systems' — which acquired Detroit Medical Center on Jan. 1 — reported a revenue increase of 14.3 percent to $960.6 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2010, compared to the same quarter the year prior, according to…

Saratoga Hospital in Sarasota Springs, N.Y., and Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center jointly filed a certificate of need application with the New York Department of Health seeking approval to develop an urgent care center in Malta, N.Y., according to a Saratoga…

Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital in East St. Louis, Ill., will cease all inpatient operations this summer, though its emergency services will remain open, according to a Belleville News Democrat report.

Officials at HCA-owned Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital have said they are willing to settle a dispute regarding the ownership of the hospital with the Foundation for Seacoast Health out of court, according to a Foster's Daily Democrat report.

Researchers found that emergency department physicians spend most of their time in indirect patient care activities and are frequently interrupted, at almost twice the rate of community ED physicians, according to a study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Employment at hospitals in the United States rose 0.02 percent in January, up 700 workers from December and 33,600 more than Jan. 2010 on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to an AHA News Now report.

Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Health is considering building a new facility for its Troy (Pa.) Community Hospital, according to a Daily Review report. 

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., has announced plans to develop a hospital in Davie County (N.C.) to replace Davie County Hospital, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.

Nassowadox, Va.-based Shore Health Services has filed a certificate of need application to develop a hospital in Accomack County, Va., according to an Eastern Shore News report.

The Tennessee Hospital Association has asked Gov. Bill Haslam to extend the hospital assessment fee for an additional 12 months in an effort to help TennCare, the state’s Medicaid program, avoid massive cuts, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press…