Councilman to fill seat of outgoing Indiana Senate leader
A county councilman in northeastern Indiana has been selected to fill the seat of the outgoing Republican leader of the Indiana Senate.
Category Archives: Hospital Administration
Californians displaced by fire work, wait amid uncertainty
Bell-Gardin... . Diane Bell-Gardiner, a registered nurse at Mercy Medical Center, who lost her home in the Carr Fire, works at her job in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Redding, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018.
No – sinister plot’ seen in Eastie blast
A blown out window following a blast on Webster Street in East Boston this weekend. Staff photo by Nicolaus Czarnecki.
California alleges hospital system unfairly inflated costs
California's attorney general has sued Sutter Health, one of the state's largest hospital systems, alleging anticompetitive business practices that unfairly drove up costs for patients. The Los Angeles Times reports the lawsuit filed Friday claims Sutter charged prices for services that far exceed what the company would have been able to charge in a competitive market.
Florida Federal Court: Escobar Requires Reversal of $348 Million False Claims Act Jury Verdict
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida vacated a large jury verdict in a False Claims Act case against the owners and operators of nursing homes because the evidence did not satisfy the materiality standards articulated in the U.S Supreme Court's 2016 opinion in Universal Health Services v. Escobar .
Victims File Complaint Today Confirming Patient Safety Issues Related …
Press Conference Today at noon, ACGME office, street level front doors: 401 N Michigan, Chicago IL, 60611 a copy of the complaint will be available to any members of the press who attend the conference. Contact: Nalini M. Rajamannan, 312-498-9496 CHICAGO, Nov. 27, 2017 / Christian Newswire / -- Northwestern University and Northwestern Memorial Medicine Residency training program exposed physicians in training to unauthorized testing of heart valve devices in hundreds of unknowing patients from 2004 to the present.
Gunman’s girlfriend says he left her in the dark
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk with surgeon John Fildes at the University Medical Center after meeting with survivors of the shooting. President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk with surgeon John Fildes at the University Medical Center after meeting with survivors of the shooting.
Complicated recovery awaits victims injured in Vegas attack
Mike Kordich, a firefighter from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., answers questions from his hospital bed at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, today. Kordich was giving a severely injured person CPR when he was hit by a bullet after a gunman opened fire on an outdoor music concert on Sunday.
Hackensack Meridian Health Vice President Named to Becker’s Hospital Review: Rising Stars in …
Jose Lozano honored for outstanding efforts in the merger of two major health networks and development of new medical school Edison, NJ- Hackensack Meridian Health, the state's most comprehensive and integrated health care network, announced that Jose Lozano, chief of staff, vice president, corporate services and governance for the network, was named to Becker's Hospital Review: Rising Stars in Healthcare 2017 - 60 under 40. Mr. Lozano played an instrumental role in the merger of Meridian Health and the Hackensack University Health Network last year, which has resulted in a dynamic partnership with 13 hospitals in seven counties and plans to open a new medical school with Seton Hall University next year.
Paterson’s First Hospital Celebrates 150 Years
PATERSON, NJ [September 19, 2016] - St. Joseph's Healthcare System, New Jersey's premier Catholic healthcare system, launched a year-long series of 150th Anniversary celebrations on Thursday, September 8th with the unveiling of a historic marker to commemorate the humble beginnings of St. Joseph's Hospital. Paterson's first hospital, now known as St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, a member of the Healthcare System, was established by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth on September 8, 1867, in response to the industrialized City's dire need for carea body, mind and spirit.
Walker County, Ga., Appeals Ruling That It Pay Erlanger over $8 Million On Hutcheson Debt
Walker County has filed a notice of appeal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on the ruling by Federal Judge Harold Murphy that the county pay Erlanger Health System over $8 million related to the Hutcheson Hospital bankruptcy.
Zika vaccine tested but will take time and money
After a successful trial in rhesus monkeys, a team of researchers, including doctors from Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is ready to start testing a Zika virus vaccine in humans, they announced this week.
Baton Rouge gunman kills 3 lawmen
Baton Rouge police officers run from the emergency room ramp as a man is taken into custody after a gun was found in his vehicle near the entrance of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center on Sunday in Baton Rouge, where wounded officers were taken. BATON ROUGE -- Three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers investigating a report of a man with a rifle were killed Sunday, less than two weeks after a black man was fatally shot by Baton Rouge police in a confrontation that sparked national protests.
First baby born with Zika-linked microcephaly in New York tri-state area
First baby born with Zika-linked microcephaly in New York tri-state area - The unidentified baby was born Tuesday at Hackensack University Medical Center where doctors confirmed she is suffering from Zika-linked microcephaly. (Fox News/Hackensack University Medical Center)
Health care for illegals: $18.5 billion per year
Writing in the Huffington Post , Leah Zallman -- a research scientist at the Institute for Community Health, a primary care doctor at Cambridge Health Alliance, and an instructor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School -- and Steffie Woolhandler -- an internist in the South Bronx, professor at the City University of New York School of Public Health at Hunter College, and lecturer in medicine at Harvard Medical School -- attempt to take Donald Trump to task for his claims about the health care costs from illegal immigrants: Throughout the primary season, leading Republican presidential candidates vied over who could bash immigrants the hardest. And they were promising more than border walls.