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Perkins County Health Services, in southwestern Nebraska, is opening an expanded medical care facility that Chief Medical Officer Dr. J. Matthew Bird called "historic."
In a move that appears to go against the corporate trend, GE Healthcare has announced it is moving its global headquarters from the United Kingdom to Chicago effective early 2016.
Enthusiasm for gene therapy remains high this week at the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, despite uneven clinical trials and uncertainty over pricing, according to published reports.
A group of the largest for-profit hospitals in the United States reported an average of 2 percent growth in organic patient volumes in the third quarter of 2015, but showed little ability to translate that growth into higher operating margins, according to a Fitch Ratings report.
Prime Healthcare Services has donated its Glendora Community Hospital to its nonprofit Prime Healthcare Foundation, the company announced Monday. The 128-bed acute care hospital, that was acquired by Prime in 2014, was given to the public charity free of any existing debt.
The average salary for healthcare workers in executive, management and other professional positions topped $111,000 in 2015, according to the recently released 2015 HIMSS Compensation Survey, though there is a close to $30,000 gap between what men and women earn in the field.
For years, it's been common practice for University Hospitals to switch its status to diversion. That means when medics would call the hospital, people in the emergency department would say they didn't have the room or the staff to handle the patient. The EMS team then would have to drive to another hospital.
Duke LifePoint Healthcare on Monday took over Central Carolina Hospital and the Frye Regional Medical Center, two North Carolina hospitals previously owned by Tenet Healthcare Corp.
Tennessee-based LifePoint Health on Monday completed its acquisition of St. Francis Hospital, a Georgia-based hospital that has struggled financially.
As healthcare leaders surveyed by Healthcare Finance say consumerism will be the largest driver of change in 2016, many point to challenges that come with the transition.