hospitals

The Nebraska Legislature will soon consider a proposal to impose a temporary moratorium on building new hospitals in Nebraska. Such a pause would provide time to study the effects of doctor-owned hospitals in the state. The proposal stems from the controversy in Kearney, where a group of physicians is trying to break away from Good Samaritan Hospital and start their own hospital.  

Blessing Hospital is offering you an alternative to the emergency room when it comes to dealing your minor medical needs. It's called Blessing FastCare and its located inside Shopko in Quincy. Although the service opened in February, it had its official grand opening and ribbon cutting Saturday morning.  

Mark Galliart's transition back to his hometown of Oklahoma City currently involves commuting from Stillwater . But not for long. He and his family recently sold their house and are planning to move to the metro area in May. In June 2009, Galliart accepted the CEO position at McBride Orthopedic Hospital , a specialty hospital for orthopedic injuries at Britton Road and Broadway Extension.  

But a "my-way-or-the-highway" approach isn't appropriate either for anyone seeking to fill the job Jack Stephens, 62, has held for almost 26 years. Within the first 18 months, the board's search committee expects the new CEO to establish himself or herself as approachable, open and self-confident; a leader who will be available, act as a mentor and foster a strong team environment yet also implement new approaches. To establish credibility with everyone from the board to the 4,615 employees, the commi

Hopefully the new person will take time to evaluate what's here and what works well   -Adil Khan

 

Safety problems at Albany Medical Center Hospital and Glens Falls Hospital landed the two Capital Region facilities on the Hearst Newspapers investigation's "watch list." The safety analysis, conducted by Niagara Health Quality Coalition, penetrates the shroud of secrecy around medical errors with surprising results. For instance, Mount Sinai Hospital, which made the top 20 list of U.S.  

A man believed to be mentally ill was seriously injured on Saturday after falling from the third floor window of a private hospital in Makkah while attempting to escape. A hospital source said that the man was mentally ill and that he managed to sneak away from doctors, reach the hospital's third floor, open a window and jump. The man landed on his back and suffered several broken bones and internal bleeding, the source said.  

I am one of many Haitian volunteers who helped local hospitals provide care to victims of the earthquake. I was at the Haitian Community Hospital, a small nonprofit local institution. My mother, an 82-year-old physician, is one of the founders.  

"We wanted to put hospitality into hospitals" says Ali Parsa, the eloquent, confident managing partner of health company Circle, and "a night in a hospital costs more than in a five-star hotel, so why shouldn't people get a similar experience?" Indeed, the first reaction on entering Circle's new hospital outside Bath is that you've entered a hotel by mistake. There's a cheery brown-uniformed concierge, a scent of non-hospital food, and a clean-lined, light-filled, stone-paved modern interior with large cy  

Williston's Mercy Medical Center will be closing its inpatient behavioral health unit on March 26 and has stopped accepting new patients as of last Friday. The hospital's chemical dependency unit and its outpatient behavioral health unit will remain open. Interim CEO Kerry Monson said a staffing and regulatory issue has forced the temporary closure of the inpatient unit.

We continue to look at recruiting that position. But we are seeking approval from the payers and meeting the regulatory compliance requirements to keep those units open.   -Kerry Monson