First-quarter net income for Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan rose 64 percent to $706 million, mainly due to investment gains, according to a release from Kaiser Permanente.
Leadership & Management
Via Christi Health, based in Wichita, Kan., has hired Jared Sommers as director of corporate responsibility for the system, according to a report in the Wichita Business News.
The board of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has fined CEO Paul Levy $50,000 for an improper relationship with a female staffer who has since left the hospital, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
Somnia Anesthesia Services has released a new white paper entitled, "A Focus on Clinical Quality Excellence in Anesthesia Services," which discusses trends and challenges facing hospital executives and how focusing on clinical quality excellence in anesthesia can help to maximize…
Title: Keeping Your Surgeons Satisfied — The Role of Anesthesia Management in Meeting Their Demands and Optimizing the OR
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The CEO of 143-bed Piedmont Newnan (Ga.) Hospital recently said he was concerned about economic challenges facing hospitals in Georgia, according to a report by the Times-Herald.
Indianapolis-based Clarian Health has unveiled plans for a $375 million patient tower that would add 175-200 beds to Methodist Hospital in downtown Indianapolis, according to a report by the Indianapolis Business Journal.
Somnia Anesthesia Services has appointed Hugh Morgan to the newly created position of Quality Assurance Officer, under which Mr. Morgan will direct Somnia's Clinical Quality Excellence Program and assume oversight of clinical quality for the anesthesia practices the company manages…
Officials in Washington, D.C., have taken over United Medical Center in Southeast Washington, after the hospital's New Hampshire-based for-profit owner defaulted on loan agreements with the city, according to a report in The Washington Post.
Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Fla., has begun building a $25 million pavilion, according to a report by the Tampa Bay Business Journal.