Greensburg, Pa.-based Independence Health System laid off 53 employees this week and has cut 226 positions — including resignations, retirements and elimination of vacant positions — since January, The Butler Eagle reported June 28.
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Mississippi hospital CEO turnover on track for highest-ever year
Mississippi’s hospital CEO turnover might hit a record high this year, Mississippi Media reported June 28.
$390M for nurses: How hospitals, colleges are tackling the shortage
With 94 percent of hospitals of health executives reporting their shortage of nurses as “critical,” the industry is plugging hundreds of millions of dollars into reversing the trend.
New Jersey cancer center 1st to dose patient with new tumor treatment
Summit, N.J.-based Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center at Overlook Medical Center is the first in the nation to dose a patient with a glioblastoma tumor treatment aimed at increasing the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy.
Former Ochsner exec named CFO of Mississippi system
Memorial Health System in Gulfport, Miss., named William Barrette CFO, effective March 6, the Mississippi Hospital Association said in a June 26 news release.
MetroWest Medical Center names CFO
Framingham, Mass.-based MetroWest Medical Center has named Stephanie Jackman-Havey CFO.
Staff at HCA Texas hospitals get pay bump
Members of the Service Employees International Union at Las Palmas and Del Sol medical centers in El Paso, Texas, will receive pay increases under a new, recently approved contract, the El Paso Times reported June 28.
Hospital construction costs in 12 large U.S. cities
Los Angeles is the most expensive city to build a hospital costing $970 per square foot at the high end of the range, according to a second quarter 2023 report from construction consulting firm Rider Levett Bucknall.
20 top critical access hospitals | 2023
The National Rural Health Association named the top 20 critical access hospitals in the nation in early June.
Yale New Haven Health hit with rating downgrade
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health saw its default rating and that on a series of bonds downgraded one notch to “A+” from “AA-” amid continued operating woes, Fitch said June 28.
