Jackson, Miss.-based Baptist Health Systems has acquired Leake Memorial Hospital/Extended Care in Carthage, Miss., according to a Baptist news release.
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Hospital employment reached 4,778,100 in October, up 3,300 workers from 4,774,800 in September, on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Alexian Brothers Health System, based in Arlington Heights, Ill., and Ascension Health, based in St. Louis, signed a definitive agreement for ABHS to join the Ascension system. The agreement now goes to the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board…
Ron Anderson, CEO of Dallas’ Parkland Memorial Hospital, will be moved to another role by the end of the year.
November/December Issue. We are pleased to share with you the November/December Issue of Becker’s Hospital Review, our annual benchmarking issue, which contains 200 quality, financial and operational hospital benchmarks. The special benchmarking section begins on page 16. This issue also…
10 Biggest Hospital Stories of 2011 2011 has not been a quiet year for healthcare. During the last 12 months, a number of provisions within the healthcare reform law went into effect, and proposed rules and guidance for several innovative…
2011 has not been a quiet year for healthcare. During the last 12 months, a number of provisions within the healthcare reform law went into effect, and proposed rules and guidance for several innovative programs created by the law were…
Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky., will begin constructing new surgical suites at its heart center in December as part of a $12.3 million expansion project, according to a hospital news release.
CMS has given Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C., a Nov. 13 deadline to remedy deficiencies found by state regulators after a schizophrenic patient died from a choke hold by a security guard, according to a Fay Observer…
The Society of Chest Pain Centers and the American College of Cardiology Foundation have agreed to support a registry of treatment guidelines for heart attack patients, according to a news release.