West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, Fla., announced Brian Baumgardner will become the hospital's new CEO starting July 9, according to a Pensacola News Journal report.
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The American Hospital Association supports a CMS proposal to include certain primary care services furnished by subspecialists in the agency's proposal to increase Medicaid payments, according to an AHA News Now report.
All four of the trauma surgeons at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston will join MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
Cleveland Clinic and Ohio University's Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine have signed an affiliation agreement to develop a medical school extension located on Cleveland Clinic's South Pointe Hospital campus.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a draft report (pdf) on pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention.
The number of students graduating from Michigan medical schools is on the rise, but the number of residencies at state hospitals remains capped, which could lead to a brain-drain of medical talent and worsen the state's physician shortage, according to…
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority announced a reduction in the rate of patient falls with harm due to a reporting initiative.
Researchers found no link between colonization and mortality among MRSA-infected patients and concluded that strategies to decolonize carriers may help prevent MRSA but may not be enough to prevent mortality, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital…
Researchers determined the number of MRSA infections at academic medical centers increased from 20.9 per 1,000 hospital discharges in 2003 to 41.7 per 1,000 hospital discharges in 2008, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Read…
About 4,500 unionized nurses from Sutter Health facilities in California are planning a one-day strike Wednesday to protest contracts that have been in negotiation for roughly a year, according to a CBS San Francisco report.