More than a dozen of Stanford University's medical school physicians gave paid promotional talks for pharmaceutical companies since the speaking arrangements were banned by Stanford in 2006, according to a ProPublica investigation.
Leadership & Management
For 21 years, Bruce Crowther has been president and CEO of Northwest Community Hospital, a 431-bed, stand-alone facility in Arlington Heights, Ill., outside of Chicago. Here Mr. Crowther predicts four changes hospitals will undergo in the next five years.
Methodist Hospital for Surgery, a joint venture with physician owners, has been open for more than a month, but it still does not have Medicare certification, which will be required by Dec. 31 if the hospital is to escape the…
When Phoenix (Ariz.) Children's Hospital noticed a decrease in revenue in 2002, the board worked quickly to bring in financial experts to do a quick assessment of how extensive the damages were. While the management team that existed at the…
Boston-based Veolia Energy North America has announced the fifth anniversary of its acquisition of a Cambridge, Mass., steam distribution network, a five-mile system that features 240,000 pounds per hour of steam production capacity, according to a company news release.
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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is funding patient-centered medical homes to manage patients with chronic conditions at 15 physician practices in the state, according to a release from the company.
Employees at Anderson (S.C.) Area Medical Center resigned Wednesday because of a hospital rule requiring employees to get flu shots, according to a FOX Carolina report.
With a sharpened focus on efficiency, quality of care and lower cost, hospital benchmarking is gaining momentum and becoming an effective measurement tool. Becker’s Hospital Review recently published 40 Hospital Benchmarks on hospital operations, finances, quality and patient satisfaction. Once…
Humble (Texas) Surgical Hospital has sold its property to Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, according to a Grub & Ellis news release.
Three health systems have received credit downgrades in the last 30 days, according to a report by HFA Partners.