Oakland, Calf.-based Kaiser Permanente reported a surge in profits for the third quarter, ending Sept. 30, for its not-for-profit health plan and hospital units; Kaiser earned $569 million in the quarter, bringing its profits for the nine months to $1.6…
Leadership & Management
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greenboro, N.C., has won state approval for a $208.5 million expansion project that will feature larger ORs, patient rooms and ED space, according to a release from Moses Cone.
A survey in the Chronicle of Philanthropy found that the 400 largest non-profit organizations in the nation, including prominent hospitals, are expecting a 9 percent decrease in donations in 2009, the steepest drop since the survey began 17 years ago,…
ThedaCare, a four hospital community health system based in Appleton, Wisc., is a leading healthcare delivery system and is nationally recognized for its continual process improvement efforts. The hospital recently implemented one of its widest-ranging improvement efforts — a truly…
As president-elect of the Association of Academic Health Centers, Larry J. Shapiro, MD, will be taking the office of AAHC president next year. Dr. Shapiro is president of Washington University Medical Center, which is closely affiliated with 1,252-bed Barnes-Jewish Hospital…
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Harold L. Paz, MD, is CEO of Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hersey, Pa. In addition to the 484-bed Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, the operation includes a multispecialty practice group of more than 620 physicians, 16…
St. Elizabeth Healthcare, based in Northern Kentucky, is planning to consolidate its spine care units into a single spine center at its hospital in Florence, Ky., according to a report in The Enquirer.
Chicago-based NeuStrategy and San Diego-based SpineMark recently completed a nationwide survey of hospital-based spine programs to determine best practices of leading spine programs.
For years healthcare leaders have been evaluated by means of a "Does Not Meet/Meets/Exceeds" scale. Subjective in nature, this type of assessment does not really indicate what the leader accomplished. A far more fair method is the use of a…
Karen Bowling, CEO of Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, W.Va., has been elected chairwoman of the West Virginia Hospital Association, according to a WVHA news release.