Len Firestone, MD, medical director of perioperative services at Health Inventures, discussed key elements of top operating room performers in a recent webinar presented by Becker's Hospital Review. The webinar, titled "Top Performing ORs: What Executives Need to Know and…
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a Stop Sale, Use, or Removal Order to stop the sale of ZEP Formula 165, a disinfectant manufactured by Zep in Atlanta, Ga., for use in hospitals.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has appointed Gary S. Kaplan, MD, as the new chair of the IHI Board of Directors.
John Federspiel is heading toward his 25th year as president and CEO of Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. Since his appointment, Hudson Valley Hospital has grown from a small community hospital to a state-of-the-art facility with improved…
As healthcare moves into the next decade, new payment models like bundled and episodic payments, risk-sharing agreements, value-based payments and accountable care organizations are picking up momentum and changing the way reimbursement functions in the healthcare market. These new models…
Cynthia Dake Brouillette has been CFO of St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas, for more than a decade, and she has overseen some of the largest financial growth the hospital has ever seen.
Physicians signing contracts with hospitals should be careful not to fall into two "traps," according to healthcare attorney Steven Harris in a report in the American Medical Association's American Medical News.
The San Francisco Planning Commission has approved a $2.5 billion development project by San Francisco-based California Pacific Medical Center, according to a San Francisco Examiner report.
Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare announced plans to open a new hospital bed tower by 2014 — two years earlier than originally planned.
San Diego-based Scripps Health announced its Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Calif.) has broken ground on a critical care facility that is part of the hospital's $94 million second phase of expansion.