Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Fla., has begun a $50 million expansion and renovation project, according to a Tampa Bay Business Journal report.
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Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg, Pa., is scheduled to complete a $31.5 million cancer center early this summer, according to a Pocono Record report.
Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall, Mich., has completed a new $25 million surgical wing, according to a Battle Creek Enquirer report.
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health is beginning a $14 million expansion of its new Parkview Regional Medical Center six weeks before it opens, according to a News-Sentinel report.
Carlos Migoya, CEO of Jackson Health System in Miami, said he plans to lay off a "significant" amount of employees in about two weeks, according to a Miami Herald report.
The University of Michigan Health System has created a new system using state-of-the-art technologies to ensure foreign objects are not left in patients during surgery.
Colorado's Department of Public Health and Environment has proposed rules intended to boost healthcare employee vaccinations at healthcare facilities, according to a Denver Post report.
Daily bathing with chlorhexidine may reduce the risk of bloodstream infections, including central line-associated infections, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses and Elsevier | MC Strategies have launched a comprehensive, evidence-based online nursing course to help nurses improve safe administration of medications commonly used in critical care, according to a news release.