Mercy Health has appointed William Beckmeyer, MD; Donald Buckley, MD; and Joe Renusch, MD, to be new medical chiefs of staff at three of its hospitals, according to a Mercy Health news release.
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Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare is consolidating two of its hospitals in the Atlanta area, which may result in management layoffs, according to an Atlanta Business Chronicle report.
Requiring emergency departments to see or discharge 85 percent of patients within four hours of presentation decreased overcrowding in three hospital EDs in Australia, according to a study in the Medical Journal of Australia.
Gerald Wages has announced his retirement as executive vice president of North Mississippi Health Services in Tupelo, Miss., according to a Hattiesburg American report.
Washington's three largest health insurers — Regence BlueShield, Premera Blue Cross and Group Health Cooperative, all of which are non-profit — are facing challenges from the state to curb their rate hikes and consequential profits, according to a Seattle Times…
Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and Florida Hospital in Orlando have partnered to conduct research on cancer and metabolic diseases, according to a news release.
The University of Miami Hospital, part of the University of Miami Health System, has opened a bikur cholim room — a room for Jewish family and friends visiting patients — according to a Yeshiva World News report.
Randall Children's Hospital, part of Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health, is moving into a new $226 million hospital in Portland, according to an OregonLive.com report.
The 11 providers with Cheyenne (Wyo.) Medical Specialists are joining Poudre Valley Medical Group, part of Fort Collins, Colo.-based Poudre Valley Health System.
Flint, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care has submitted a certificate of need application to build a $308 million hospital, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.