Leadership & Management

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

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.

The Seattle City Council has approved a $1 billion, 1.22 million-square-foot expansion of Seattle Children's Hospital, which would add 350 beds over 20 years, according to a report by the Puget Sound Business Journal.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System plans to invest $500 million in an expansion of its flagship campus in Detroit, according to a report by the Detroit Free Press.

Floyd Memorial Hospital & Health Services, which lost $12 million in 2008, reported net income of $18.2 million in 2009, a hospital official told Business First of Louisville. The hospital in New Albany, Ind., has managed to strengthen its finances…