Hospital News
Roles and Compensation of Physician Leaders in Hospitals Growing
From medical directors to department chairs and vice presidents of medical affairs, physicians who have leadership roles within hospitals are being asked to do more, and their levels of compensation are rising along with those demands, say executive and physician compensation experts. Part of this trend is driven by community hospitals and systems increasingly linking [...]
St. Mary Medical $70 million expansion to bring new jobs to Bucks County (Langhorne, PA)
Bucks County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution concerning the financing and refinancing of upcoming capital projects that would expand Saint Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, PA. Saint Mary Medical Center President Greg Wozniak briefed the commissioners about the proposed expansions. “We will expand our Emergency Department and our Trauma Center – the only [...]
North Florida Regional plans $35 million expansion to begin early next year
North Florida Regional Medical Center plans $35 million expansion to begin early next year. It will include a 46,500-square-foot intensive care unit with 24 patient rooms, renovation of an existing area for 12 new telemetry beds, and construction of a 562-car parking garage. Construction will last 14 to 18 months. The hospital will have 353 [...]
VHA Inc. Hires Hospital CEO as Vice President of Market Management and Business Development for Its Mountain States Region
VHA Inc., hired Gene L. O’Hara, FACHE, as vice president of market management and business development for its Mountain States regional office. O’Hara was recently chief executive officer of Banner Health’s North Colorado Medical Center, Greeley, Co. Within the Providence Health and Services System, he served as the chief executive officer at Providence Alaska Medical [...]
St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers Proceeds with $265M Expansion Project
St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers in Beech Grove, Indiana announced Friday to proceed with the $265.M expansion project. Six months ago the hospital stated it would halt the construction. Sisters of St. Francis Health Services Board of Trustees gave the green light to continue. St. Francis expects that there will be 300 construction workers [...]
Hospitals Are Making Financial Turnarounds During First Quarter 2009
Many hospitals are experiencing major (positive) financial turnarounds during the first quarter of the year, according to Thomson Reuters. HealthLeadersMedia has the details: Hospital Finances Rebounding Many of the nation’s hospitals have made impressive financial and operational turnarounds in the first quarter of 2009, apparently reversing troubling trends that only months earlier had placed a [...]
Hospital Construction in Texas, Wyoming & Idaho
$1.4 Billion Construction at The University of Texas Medical Branch The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston is embarking on nearly $1.4 billion worth of construction projects that will likely draw the attention of local, regional and national building firms in search of business during the down economy. The massive undertaking is scheduled to [...]
Parker Adventist Hospital Launches $76M Expansion
Parker Adventist Hospital Aurora, CO (operating by Centura Health) announces plans for a $76 million expansion and renovation project scheduled for completion mid-2011. Since the hospital opened five years ago, the number of patients has doubled in the Denver Metro area. The hospital has also added spine surgery, neurosurgery and a sleep center The expansion [...]
Stanford offers Palo Alto $124M in benefits to offset impacts of proposed $3.5Billion hospital expansion
Stanford University Medical Center is offering Palo Alto $124 million in housing, traffic reduction and other community benefits to offset the impacts of its proposed $3.5 billion, 1.3 million-square-foot hospital expansion project, the university announced this week. City officials said the proposal Stanford submitted to the city Monday is an “excellent beginning,” but negotiations will [...]
Best Children’s Hospitals
Out of the 56 Children’s Hospitals ranked by US News & World Report, only these 10 (listed alphabetically) were ranked in all 10 specialties: