St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., has named Sudeep Bansal, MD, as its first chief medical information officer.
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Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates executives said today its inpatient admissions from emergency departments are "in line with industry norms" as the for-profit hospital operator looked to defend its practices ahead of a "60 Minutes" story airing this Sunday.
Hospitals' current cleaning practices may fail to eliminate the multidrug-resistant bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.
John Brennan, MD, CEO of Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center, has decided he will not leave his position to become CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth System, according to a New Jersey Business report.
Two Alabama lawmakers have asked the state's attorney general to investigate indigent care funds at county-owned Cooper Green Mercy Hospital in Birmingham, according to a Birmingham News report.
U.S. healthcare workers are feeling more confident in their employers and are less likely to look for another job, according to the most recent quarterly Randstad Healthcare Employment Report.
Effective Jan. 1, 22 hospital outpatient therapeutic services will have reduced supervision requirements, according to a final decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Chicago-based Presence Health CFO John Orsini has resigned and is expected to join Winfield, Ill.-based Cadence Health, according to a report by Crain's Chicago Business.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final decision easing supervision requirements for 22 hospital outpatient therapeutic services, including certain flu and other drug or therapeutic injections.
Keesler Hospital, part of Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., held an open house Nov. 28 for its new patient tower — Back Bay Tower — which it will officially open for use in December, according to a Sun…