A new protocol created by researchers at UT Medicine San Antonio helps reduce the incidence of sternum infections by 61 percent over a two-year period.
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Non-profit Dignity Health, based in San Francisco, is a major contender to buy majority stake in the Bakersfield (Calif.) Heart Hospital, according to a Bakersfield Californian report.
Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Ill., has appointed Debra Susie-Lattner, MD, MBA, as vice president of medical management, effective Feb. 20, according to a Chicago Tribune Local report.
The Cooley Dickinson Hospital of Western Massachusetts in Northampton, has announced plans to negotiate an affiliation agreement with Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, N.J. has announced Lynn McVey as president and CEO.
Darwin Remboldt has announced his immediate retirement as president of Simi Valley (Calif.) Hospital, according to a Ventura County Star report.