LifeCare Holdings has appointed Grant Asay as its new executive vice president of operations, according to a LifeCare news release.
Leadership & Management
Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD, who will become president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists during its annual meeting in October, discusses 10 facts that every surgeon or hospital executive should know about anesthesiologists.
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.
Hospitals involved with crisis situations, such as a significant patient safety violation or a threatened payor relationship, face threats to their reputations that could significantly impact the financial success of the hospital for time to come. As a result, hospitals…
Amy Floria, CFO of Goshen (Ind.) Health System, discusses the health system's goals and challenges for 2010.
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Various crisis scenarios threaten hospitals, and when these crises hit, their impact can cause both short- and long-term damage to hospitals, both in terms of reputation and financial performance. Planning in advance for these potential disasters and applying key lessons…
Richard Salluzzo, MD, president and CEO of Cape Cod Healthcare in Hyannis, Mass., believes that current healthcare reform efforts are not likely to result in substantive change to healthcare delivery systems, according to a report by the Cape Cod Times.
The use of hospitalists at hospitals throughout the United States has become increasingly popular. Hospitalist programs can improve patient outcomes and reduce the need for admitting physicians to round on patients, both of which are attractive to hospitals looking to…
Cleveland, Ohio-based Sisters of Charity Health System has named Adnan H. Tahir, MD, chief medical officer of the health system in addition to his current duties as chief medical officer at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland, according to a…
Lean management theory and the implementation of lean processes improvement are becoming increasingly popular at hospitals across the country. Lean principles can improve efficiency, financial performance and patient care. However, unless lean management is introduced properly to an organization, its…