On average, supply costs comprise about 10.5% of a hospital's budget, the American Hospital Association said its "Cost of Caring" report, citing data from Strata Decision Technology.
The average age of newly hired CEOs is decreasing, but it is still higher than it was in 2014, according to a recent Crist Kolder Associates report.
Becker's recently compiled a list of the hospitals and health systems with the shortest emergency department visit times. Here are what the leaders of three said it took to get there.
RWJBarnabas Health has appointed Dwight McBee, BSN, RN, as its chief patient experience officer, the system said Sept. 16.
The John Hopkins Howard County Medical Center Foundation launched a new campaign to raise $3 million to expand its behavioral health unit in Columbia, Md.
The Justice Department on Sept. 12 filed a complaint alleging Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System denied patients with disabilities the ability to be accompanied by a family member, personal aide or other support person when receiving care.
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has named Nadia Hansel, MD, physician-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has also been appointed director of the Department of Medicine, making her the first woman to hold that position in the
Dallas-based Steward Health Care received approval from U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez to sell Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope (Ark.) to Hope-based Pafford Health Systems for $200,000 during a Sept. 12 court hearing.
Pioneering surgeon and Holocaust survivor George Berci, MD, died Aug. 30 at age 103.
The older adult population is expected to reach 82.1 million by 2050, yet less than 1% of physicians specialize in their care, according to a recent study of Americans over the age of 65.