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…
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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.
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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…
Physicians who originally had an 80 percent stake in a proposed Austin, Texas-area hospital have entirely dropped ownership due to the ban on physician-owned hospitals under the health reform law.
United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia, N.Y., is in the middle of a $19.5 million expansion of its surgery facilities, according to a report by Business First of Buffalo.
A study for the Commonwealth Fund concludes high-performing hospital systems tend to maintain a culture of excellence organized around a few specific best practices, according to a release by the Commonwealth Fund.
St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Ill., is asking for state approval of a $162 million expansion, the largest in its history, according to a report in State Journal-Register.