Marshalltown (Iowa) Medical & Surgical Center has named John Hughes as COO, according to a Times-Republican report.
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Cheboygan (Mich.) Memorial Hospital has announced it is closing after a long-awaited proposed sale to McLaren Health Care fell through.
Twin County Regional Healthcare in Galax, Va., has announced an agreement with Duke LifePoint Healthcare in Brentwood, Tenn., to jointly own and operate Twin County Regional and its affiliated assets.
Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola, Fla., and LHP Hospital Group in Plano, Texas, announced the completion of a 40-year lease and asset purchase agreement to form a joint venture to lease and operate Bay Medical Center in Panama, Fla.
The Universal Protocol mandate may not be enough to prevent wrong site spine surgeries, according to research published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
A recent CDC report shows the state-level epidemiology workforce is increasing.
Nearly 20 percent of surveyed anesthesiologists never recovered from medical errors to patients that caused a serious injury or death, according to research published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
A new program at HealthPartners and Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., reduced preventable hospital visits by 65 percent among patients who frequently sought care in the emergency department.
Joseph Segeleon, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer for Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.
On average, care for privately insured chemotherapy patients costs 24 percent more in a hospital outpatient setting than in a physician's office, according to a study by Avalere Health.