Hospitals and health systems in the Midwest are closely monitoring a winter storm, which is expected to produce a blizzard and has resulted in weather warnings across the region. The storm comes as Americans have made holiday travel plans.
Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital is undergoing significant changes to its governance with the election of three trustees who operate under the ideology of “medical freedom” and exercise skepticism about hospitals, clinicians and COVID-19 vaccines and …
Single cancer early detection tests exist today for four common cancers.* Generally speaking, early detection works, meaning that these screening tests can save lives and reduce cancer deaths. However, most cancers currently go undetected in their earl…
Leaders at companies across industries must face tough questions. And healthcare is no exception as the industry has grappled with workforce challenges and difficult financial circumstances, forcing some hospitals and health systems to cut jobs or serv…
Chad Melton, the president of Silverdale, Wash.-based St. Michael Medical Center, was fairly quiet when the hospital began showing signs of crisis this fall — a nurse calling 911, a preliminary denial of accreditation — but now, “he seems to be hitting…
Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center saw year-over-year declines in leadership and engagement scores on their employee engagement survey. When it launched a leadership institute, those scores improved by double-digits.