The son of a hospital CMO, John P. Lynch, MD, is constantly pushing himself and his organization to outdo itself. Some might say it's in his bloodline. Since 2009, he has served as CMO at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis,…
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This past September, Weiss Memorial Hospital brought in the East Coast-based Jeffrey Steinberg, MD, to lead the Chicago-based facility. Dr. Steinberg, a urological surgeon, came to Weiss Memorial — which is part of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems — from…
McLeod Loris (S.C.) Healthcare will lay off 48 works as part of a restructuring and financial pressure, according to a Sun News report.
Somnia Anesthesia recently published a white paper focusing on integrating CRNAs in a hospitals care team model. Robert Farrar, MD, vice president of medical affairs for Somnia Anesthesia, addresses five questions pertaining to the topic of CRNAs in the anesthesia…
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has launched the EHR Accessibility Module Challenge, according to a Health IT Buzz report.
Both Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, and Peninsula Cancer Center in Poulsbo, Wash., have proposed building a cancer treatment center in the central Kenai Peninsula in Alaska — an area they say needs only one such facility — but…
Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine, Fla., has cut seven positions and reassigned six people to different areas of the hospital, according to a St. Augustine Record report.
Appleton, Wis.-based ThedaCare is planning a new hospital to replace Shawano (Wis.) Medical Center, which integrated with ThedaCare about a year ago, according to a Shawano Leader report.
Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health System has received approval to build a $60 million medical office building, according to a State Journal-Register report.
Shands Jacksonville (Fla.) is moving ahead with construction of a new medical complex, including a 100-bed hospital and an outpatient facility, despite opposition from Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, according to a Florida Times-Union report.