As the word “hospital” has largely disappeared from its own industry, a stronghold for the term remains.
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HCA names Florida hospital CEO
Landon Smith has been named CEO of Palatka-based HCA Florida Putnam Hospital.
6 health systems with their names on WNBA jerseys
As the WNBA grows in popularity, with ratings up this season in the women’s basketball league, their health system sponsors have benefited from the increased eyeballs on the sport.
Florida system supply team rejects status quo
After a yearsong effort to engage more clinicians in supply chain decisions, the University of Miami Health System has inverted the cost-quality-outcomes concept, according to supply chain leader Nate Yuen.
Steward CEO faces contempt charges over subpoena hearing absence
Democratic Sens. Ed Markey and Bernie Sanders are working with Republicans to put a contempt citation vote together against Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD, after he declined to take part in a Sept. 12 bipartisan Senate com…
UT medical center names new COO
Travis Laird was named COO of hospital planning and operations at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, according to a statement shared with Becker’s.
City of Hope partners with hospital in Asia
Specialists from Los Angeles-based City of Hope will now offer second-opinion services to patients at Healthway Cancer Care Hospital in the Philippines.
Walgreens sued over alleged carcinogenic cold medicine
On Sept. 4, two South Carolina residents filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Walgreens, alleging the retailer failed to warn customers about a carcinogenic ingredient in a common cold medicine.
New hospital joint venture to bear Henry Ford name
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health and Ascension Michigan’s proposed joint venture is set to bear the Henry Ford name, Fox 2 reported Sept. 5.
Prime financial outlook improves to 'Positive'
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare has closed on a $1.5 billion bond amid Moody’s raising its rating outlook to “Positive.”
