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7 numbers on healthcare's job growth
Healthcare jobs continued to grow in March, with certain areas of the sector showing strong growth on top of February’s numbers.
Mercy to develop $650M Missouri hospital
St. Louis-based Mercy has filed a letter of intent with the Missouri department of health and senior services to build a 75-bed, $650 million hospital in Wentzville, Mo., to expand healthcare amid population growth in the area.
Vanderbilt names new chief nursing officer
Effective July 1, Karen Keady, PhD, RN, will join Vanderbilt University Medical Center as chief nursing officer. She joins the Nashville, Tenn.-based system from the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, where she spent six years as vice presi…
Memorial Hermann halts liver transplants
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston has voluntarily stopped its liver transplant program after learning of and investigating what it calls “irregularities with donor acceptance criteria.”
Former AdventHealth CEO dies
Mardian J. Blair, CEO of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth from 1984 until 2000, died March 26 at 92.
Arizona system names new CEO
TMC Health is readying for a change at the top after President and CEO Judy Rich served for 17 years in the role.
Mayo Clinic Arizona employee sues system, Medica over health plan costs
Mayo Clinic and its health plan administrator Medica “systemically underpaid” claims and left employees with large healthcare bills, according to a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a Mayo Clinic Arizona employee.
County seeks to join state lawsuit against HCA Mission
Buncombe County in North Carolina has filed a motion to intervene in the attorney general’s lawsuit against HCA and is seeking $3 million in damages it claims HCA Mission Hospital has cost taxpayers through “excessive” wait times for patients to get tr…
Missouri hospital switching to Epic
Springfield, Mo.-based Jordan Valley Community Health Center is moving to an Epic EHR system, SBJ reported April 4.
1,400 MultiCare workers to get raises of up to 25.5%
More than 1,400 healthcare workers at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Wash., and MultiCare Valley Hospital in Spokane Valley, Wash., who are represented by SEIU Healthcare 1199NW have approved a new labor contract.
