With limited resources and less margin for error, small and midsize hospitals often feel the healthcare industry's pressures much more acutely. They are, for example, fewer physicians away from losing a whole department than large hospitals or health systems.
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Below are five hospitals that have announced name changes or other rebranding efforts since Jan. 1.
Amazon has hired a high-profile public health expert and pulmonary medicine physician to support Amazon Care, a primary care program launched last September, according to CNBC.
As tension grows between standardization and personalization across all businesses, Forbes contributor Glenn Llopis asked the CEO of Cleveland Clinic how he maintains standards while encouraging individual contribution.
The strategy of industry heavyweights and outsider organizations alike grabbed the attention of Becker's healthcare readers in 2019.
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As of Dec. 31, Massena (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital has a new owner and name, according to local news station WWNY.
Recession is now the top concern among CEOs heading into 2020, according to a survey of 740 global CEOs reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Gay Casey is a managing director in BRG | Prism Healthcare’s hospital performance improvement practice and leads the mergers and integration service line. Casey recently spoke with Becker's about mergers and integration.
Sometimes it only takes one person to change the conscience of an organization.
Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Region, based in Oakland, Calif., has executed its emergency response protocols twice after facing major wildfires over the last three years.