Category: ROOT

Manhattan Reproductive Surgery Center administrator describes the organization’s recruiting strategy

Gabriel Figureroa is administrator at Manhattan Reproductive Surgery Center in New York City.

NorthShore University Healthsystem orthopedic vice-chairman: ‘Centers of excellence are where healthcare is headed’

Ravi Bashyal, MD, is vice-chairman of patient and provider experience, director of outpatient hip and knee replacement surgery and site medical director for Professional Football Hall of Fame Health at NorthShore University Healthsystem, as well as a c…

Standouts behind the scenes: These clinicians go above and beyond for patients and co-workers

Burnout rates are soaring, staffing shortages are rampant and the effects of COVID-19 still linger. It is not an easy time to be a healthcare professional, yet many clinicians across the country give their time and efforts daily to make sure patients g…

Man gets 18 years in prison for stalking female physicians at California hospitals

A 51-year-old man who was found guilty of stalking female physicians at California VA hospitals was sentenced Oct. 25 to 18 years in federal prison.

California hospital fires CEO after nearly 2 years in role

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed nonprofit hospital in Hollister, Calif., has fired Steven Hannah as CEO after about two years on the job, BenitoLink reported Oct. 26.

Executives see through ‘rose-colored glasses’ — and employees are skeptical: survey

Executives tend to be overly optimistic, seeing their organization through “rose-colored glasses.” This prevents them from seeing how their employees and management teams actually feel about change, according to a recent report from leadership consulti…

Johns Hopkins ASCs to remain in CareFirst BCBS network

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has reached an agreement with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield to keep its ASCs in the CareFirst network. 

4 orthopedic ASC updates in the last 30 days

From a Florida surgery center acquisition to new robotics, here are four new orthopedic ASC updates Becker’s has reported on in the last 30 days. 

89 SCA Health ASCs named America’s best 

Eighty-nine SCA Health ASCs made Newsweek’s “America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers,” which ranks 510 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

UI Healthcare developing AI device to perform procedures on its own

Researchers at Iowa City-based University of Iowa Healthcare are developing an artificial intelligence-based tool to treat interventional radiology patients — with or without a physician operating it.