Search

Medicine can be defined as that which heals or helps people. Healthcare is a priority in the state of Iowa and Central Iowa is a leader in the commitment to [...]

Society is increasingly becoming aware of all of the ways people contaminate their hands, but even still, many people do not wash when they know they should. For example, the [...]

St. Joseph's Community Hospital of West Bend (Wis.) is building a replacement facility using more than bricks and mortar. The cornerstone of the $55 million project is patient safety. For [...]

When ever northeast Indiana residents are admitted to a hospital, need emergency care or visit a hospital for outpatient care, more likely than not they're being treated by one of [...]

All too often, hospital facility master plans share a similar fate-rather than the dynamic tools they are intended to be, they become shrouded reams of documents gathering dust on the [...]

* Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, Fla., received state approval to build the 100-bed, acute-care Memorial Hospital Miramar (Fla.) scheduled to open in mid-2005. * University of Michigan Health System, Ann [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y.Kaleida Health said it will create a committee to oversee public hearings in 2010 on uses for its Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital, also in Buffalo, which is scheduled [...]

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich.-On March 15, Henry Ford Health System plans to open Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, its seventh hospital and the first new one the system has built since [...]

Byline: Jessica Zigmond ***** Correction: In a Jan. 14 story on long-term acute-care hospitals (p. 8), a quote attributed to Ed Cooper, president and chief executive officer of Acuityhealthcare, included [...]

MONTGOMERY, Ala.-The Alabama Department of Public Health will develop a statewide trauma system in collaboration with medical professionals throughout the state. The trauma system, including emergency medical technicians, communication, hospital [...]

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor believes its new patient tower will not only help it attract patients, but also medical staff at a time of shortages in areas [...]

Byline: Jennifer Lubell It seems that whenever Inova Health System breaks ground on a new healthcare center in Virginia, HCA isn't far away, working on a project of its own. [...]

More than $1B in retail set for 5-county region More than 40 retail developments worth more than $1 billion are being developed in the five-county metro Detroit area, according to [...]

Byline: Melanie Evans DENVER-Six Kentucky hospitals owned by one of the largest Catholic health systems are striking out on an ambitious expansion plan that its executives say hinges on aggressive [...]

CARROLL, Iowa-St. Anthony Regional Hospital broke ground in early August on a $25 million surgery center adjacent to its 142-bed hospital, the facility's president said. The project, scheduled to be [...]

Type of facility: Diagnostic center Client: Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans Project Architects: Eskew Dumez and Ripple, New Orleans Construction manager: Landis Construction Co., New Orleans Completed: August 2001 Size: [...]

David Brailer being a no-show at the annual TEPR healthcare information technology show in Salt Lake City last week was akin to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir skipping Sunday service. The [...]

The introduction of the Private Finance Initiative to the NHS has sparked controversy but it does have some benefits. Judy Sands speaks to those who have welcomed the funding The [...]

Wholesale acute-care hospital prices fell 0.2% in February after a 1.7% rise in January, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Producer Price Index. Physician prices rose 0.4%, after [...]

Byline: Michael Romano The Children's Medical Center of Central Texas is a case study in environmentally friendly hospital construction-from the ground up. In fact, one of the most prominent environmentally [...]

Byline: Susanna Moon Ongoing aftershocks involving California's seismic-safety law as well as market trends nationwide are continuing to fuel a hospital building boom, funneling billions of dollars into the industry. [...]

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-SSM Health Care announced last month that it hopes to build a 130-bed hospital on a 66-acre parcel purchased in 1991 in suburban Chicago's Orland Park. That hospital [...]

Byline: Vince Galloro A certificate-of-need battle in Florida could be headed to court, now that state regulators have granted Health Management Associates final approval to build a hospital near the [...]

Essent to buy system * Essent Healthcare, Nashville, said last week it would purchase two-hospital Christus St. Joseph's Health System, Paris, Texas, from Christus Health, Irving, Texas, for undisclosed terms. [...]

Byline: Cinda Becker The financial fortunes of Philadelphia's Albert Einstein Healthcare Network brightened last week with the announcement that it planned to purchase 158-bed Elkins Park (Pa.) Hospital from the [...]

Byline: Laura B. Benko In an effort to merge utility and aesthetics, Sutter Health, Sacramento, plans to embark on a $385 million construction project to transform part of California's capital [...]

BURLINGTON, Vt.-Fletcher Allen Health Care won't have enough cash on hand by the end of September to satisfy bond covenants, which could result in creditors seizing control of the 510-bed [...]

Byline: Jeff Tieman A new 106-bed hospital on Denver's burgeoning south side opened last week and is prepared to expand to as many as 340 beds as demand dictates. A [...]

MIAMI-Jackson Memorial Hospital said last month it would pay $16.8 million to settle allegations that the hospital and its outpatient clinics double-billed Florida's Medicaid program from 1996 to 2001. The [...]

VENTURA, Calif.-The medical staff of 180-bed Community Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura, Ventura, Calif., is a legal entity and may sue the hospital's board over a new code of conduct [...]

A rural hospital in Wyoming is resurrecting an old financing structure, a so-called joint powers board, for some badly needed upgrades and improvements that could cost up to $25 million. [...]

AKRON, Ohio-Summa Health System last week opened two new outpatient centers adjoining the campus of its Akron City Hospital, the system announced. The twin five-story, 80,000-square-foot facilities will employ 6,000 [...]

Byline: Tony Fong The Veterans Affairs Department last week unveiled a restructuring proposal that would close seven hospitals and relocate numerous services in an effort to cut costs and redirect [...]

Byline: Mary Chris Jaklevic When it comes to financing outpatient real estate, hospitals are getting some pretty sweet deals. Take Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, N.C. The stand-alone not-for-profit wanted [...]

An effort to preserve a 90-year-old Chicago architectural and healthcare landmark has received the support of an even-older Chicago institution, writer and radio broadcaster Studs Terkel. The author of the [...]

Byline: Mary Chris Jaklevic Lafayette (La.) General Medical Center said it won't finance its new heart hospital by selling tax-exempt bonds to physicians, which would have been the first such [...]

Byline: Vince Galloro A Tennessee hospital and the county that owns the hospital's land and main building are grappling over which one ultimately controls the hospital, particularly the right to [...]

Byline: Michael Romano Responding to a new generation of picky, pampered consumers, healthcare facilities across the country are beginning to look and feel a lot more like high-end resorts than [...]

Byline: Compiled by Michael Romano and Susanna Moon Systems adding beds to burbs * Two Detroit-area hospital systems are planning to boost inpatient capacity in the western suburbs, moving existing [...]

Byline: John Morrissey The emergency department at Miami Children's Hospital had an emergency situation of its own, and it wasn't getting any better. Faced with a daily average of more [...]

HealthSouth to keep flagship HealthSouth Corp. said it would hold onto its flagship facility, 151-bed HealthSouth Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. The embattled rehabilitation giant, accused of massive accounting fraud, [...]

Relations between the board and management have been rocky at the public hospital system in Houston, where Harris County (Texas) Hospital District President and CEO John Guest abruptly tendered his [...]

Menninger finishes move * The Menninger Clinic completed its move to a new campus in Houston last week, transferring 29 patients and 15 clinicians by chartered jet from its longtime [...]

Fletcher Allen rating dips * Fletcher Allen Health Care saw its bond rating slip last week as it received state approval to continue its controversial construction project, including some work [...]

CAMBRIDGE, N.Y.-McClellan Health System closed 15-bed Mary McClellan Hospital on May 5, the only hospital serving rural upstate Washington County. The community could no longer continue to support the operation, [...]

LOS ANGELES-A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order last week preventing the closure of Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, Calif., a 207-bed specialty hospital for victims of [...]

Byline: Mary Chris Jaklevic A Louisiana hospital is slated to be the first to finance a major new facility by selling bonds to its doctors, launching a potential model for [...]