Several Alaskan hospitals are embarking on construction projects to update facilities and accommodate higher patient volumes, according to an Associated Press/News Tribune report.
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Henry Ford West Bloomfield (Mich.) Hospital has received approval to build three new operating rooms, according to a West Bloomfield Patch report.
The Bipartisan Policy Center's Task Force on Delivery System Reform and Health IT has released recommendations to improve healthcare quality and reduce costs, according to a Bipartisan Policy Center news release.
Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin, Ill., has selected Edwin Gast as CEO, according to a Marshall Browning news release.
Jon Smiley, CEO of Sunnyside (Wash.) Community Hospital, will retire March 1, according to a Yakima Harold report.
General Electric plans to discontinue its ambulatory electronic health record product, GE Centricity Advance EHR, starting June 30, according to an InformationWeek report.
From 2010-2011, 56 percent of Merritt Hawkins' search assignments were for hospitals, according to the Merritt Hawkins 2011 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives.
Roger Forgey has been named the new president and CEO of Erlanger at Hutcheson Medical Center in Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., according to a Rome News-Tribune report.
Some hospitals refer patients and families to malpractice attorneys — an arrangement some experts find to be an inherent conflict of interest, according to a Baltimore Sun report.