Healthcare Job Growth Slows in April
The healthcare sector created 19,000 jobs in April, nearly a sixth of all new jobs in the larger economy. Although healthcare job growth is decelerating, it is still expected to lead the economy.
View ArticleSEATTLE: Children's Hospital appoints SVP of Hospital Operations
Seattle Children’s announced the appointment of Cindy Evans, RN, MN, MHA, to senior vice president of hospital operations. Evans leaves her previous role as Children’s vice president of ambulatory and...
View ArticleGENEVA, IL: Cadence Health appoints CEO
Cadence Health, the health system created through the merger of Central DuPage Health and Delnor Community Health System, appoints Michael V. Vivoda, Chief Executive Officer. Vivoda, 52, who currently...
View ArticleEUGENE, OR: PeaceHealth chooses CEO
PeaceHealth nonprofit healthcare system Wednesday named John Hill as chief executive officer of its Oregon region, effective May 31. The region includes hospitals in Springfield, Eugene, Cottage Grove...
View ArticleDAYTON: Children's hires President and CEO
Montgomery County Administrator Deborah A. Feldman will become the fourth chief executive of The Children's Medical Center of Dayton, succeeding David Kinsaul, who is retiring July 1, 2012 after...
View ArticleMARATHON, FL: Marathon hospital's CFO resigns
Michael Schimming resigned Friday as Fishermen's Community Hospital chief financial officer, just six months after being hired. The Marathon medical center is nearly 10 months into a transition from...
View ArticleHOUSTON: West Oaks Hospital names CEO
West Oaks Hospital announced the appointment of Gregory D. Drummond as CEO. Mr. Drummond has nearly 20 years of experience in Executive Healthcare Administration including Psychiatric/Mental Health...
View ArticleMODESTO, CA: CEO appointed for Memorial Medical Center
Sutter Health Central Valley Region President David P. Benn recently named Daryn J. Kumar as Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Medical Center. Kumar has worked for Sutter Health since 2004, most...
View ArticleCLEVELAND: Cleveland Clinic appoints Children's Hospital Chairman
Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, Chairman of Pediatrics at the West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine and an international leader in pediatric pulmonology, has been appointed Chairman of the...
View ArticleSAN DIEGO: UC San Diego Health System names CEO
Paul S. Viviano has accepted the position as the new CEO of UC San Diego Health System and associate vice chancellor for Health Sciences. His appointment was approved by the UC Board of Regents, and...
View ArticleDoctors with bad social media etiquette
According to a recent research letter in JAMA, more than 90 percent of state medical boards have received at least one complaint of bad online behavior. The complaints came from patients, family...
View ArticleHighmark-UPMC deal could carry higher costs
For Highmark Inc., the price of temporary peace with UPMC was an increase in the amount of money paid out to UPMC hospitals for the work they do. But it could cost Highmark even more when other...
View ArticleOpinion: Why nurses need more authority
Alleviate this physician shortage and expand the scope of practice for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences has weighed in on...
View ArticleHospital exec gets 3 years for bribery
The former hospital chief executive at the center of a bribery conspiracy that ensnared former State Senator Carl Kruger and others was sentenced on Monday to three years in prison. The former...
View ArticleJackson Health System: Quality of care is good
While some politicians and union supporters complain that job cuts at Jackson Health System have caused a drop in the quality of care, the system's own statistics show that quality has not suffered....
View ArticleDoctor, UPMC to part ways over his deals with Highmark
Longtime Monroeville urologist and developer Frank Costa surely realized how dangerous it would be to walk into the crossfire between partners Highmark and West Penn Allegheny Health System and rival...
View ArticleHealthcare for Congress examined
Members of Congress receive the same basic health insurance coverage as rank-and-file federal employees, although lawmakers also have access to other services not available generally, according to a...
View ArticleIn NC, hospital suitors have many partners
If Johnston Health forges a partnership with a larger hospital, it will become one of many North Carolina community hospitals allied with one of the state's biggest players in healthcare. In recent...
View ArticleUniversity of Miami med school laying off 800
Up to 800 people will lose their jobs under a major restructuring at the University of Miami medical school, President Donna Shalala said Tuesday. A notice UM filed with the state Tuesday announced the...
View ArticleTime for Women to 'Lean In' to Healthcare Leadership Roles
Women are advancing to executive roles faster than in other industry sectors, but not fast enough. While women have the skills and experience that hospitals need they must do more to recognize,...
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