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Every good Realtor knows the three most important features of a house for sale: location, location, location. That adage might also apply to physician sales, said David Rowlee, vice president [...]

A hospital's success is increasingly dependent on its physicians but physicians have less time and interest in participating in the success of the hospital. Old medical staff structures and medical [...]

Hospital executives will need to move human resources to the top of their priority lists if they hope to deal with increasingly worsening health care personnel shortages, according to Ted [...]

BD, a medical technology company that has been manufacturing safety-engineered syringes for 65 years, has launched a free public service educational campaign to help hospitals comply with the federal Occupational [...]

Your surgeons want the latest and greatest medical devices, and you would like them to them have every new gadget and gizmo--if only your organization could afford it. The reality [...]

The CEO turnover rate among the 4,566 hospitals tracked by the American College of Healthcare Executives is about 16%, which means that more than 700 organizations will find themselves with [...]

A growing number of primary care physicians are becoming 'concierge physicians.' These 'retainer docs' are signing up 200 to 300 patients as clients at annual fees of between $1,500 and [...]

HealthSouth's $1.4 billion accounting scandal offers challenges and opportunities to its employees, physicians, competitors and hospitals that work with its some 1,700 rehab, surgery centers and diagnostic clinics. Strategists in [...]

Some hospitals struggling to fill nursing shifts, such as Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, TX, have found relief with the help of high-tech computer programs. In 2004, Rio Grande [...]

Hospital workers who handle hazardous drugs, particularly antineoplastic agents used in cancer therapy, may risk their health even if they follow safety procedures, according to the report Preventing Occupational Exposure [...]

In 2003, physicians at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, CA, went to court to challenge their loss of self-governance. The medical staff won a settlement from the hospital, and California [...]

All hospital executives spend much of each day working to serve their medical staffs and keep em content, if not happy. In communities where physicians compete with hospitals, the hospitals [...]

Chandler Regional Hospital, Chandler, Ariz., 138 beds, is seeking a materials manager. E-mail resume to [...]

Methodist Hospital of Southern California, San Gabriel, Calif., 274 beds, is seeking an OR materials coordinator. Fax resume to Christina Trejo at [...]

Regency Hospital Co., Covington, La., is seeking a materials management assistant. Contact Leigh Venturella at 985-867-3978; fax [...]

U.S. hospitals could collectively save $8 billion annually on labor costs by changing the way they recruit nurses and skilled technicians. Simply put, they should avoid using contract labor and [...]

Nurses in Michigan are pushing for passage of legislation that would limit involuntary overtime and force hospitals to hire more staff. The Michigan Nurses Assn. is pointing to research by [...]

Hospitals trying to recruit radiologists will find fierce competition for that talent, and those looking for orthopedic surgeons won't find the going much easier. Almost 90% of the nation's hospitals [...]

Hospitals and health systems in increasing numbers are offering incentive plans for their executives and managers, according to a recent report from Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, a Chicago-based health care [...]

Park Plaza Hospital, Houston, is seeking a buyer for the operating room. Contact Ruth McGovern, e-mail ruth.mcgovern@tenethealth.com. Fax [...]

Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center, Berkeley. Calif., is seeking a materials management supervisor. Contact Karen Hopkins, HR Manager, Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2001 Dwight Way, Berkeley, CA 94704. Fax [...]

Mountain View Hospital, Las Vegas, 120 beds, is seeking a supply technician in materials management. Contact Mountain View Hospital, e-mail [...]

Kaweah Delta Health Care District, Visalia, Calif., is seeking a director of materials management. Contact Human Resources, Kaweah Delta Health Care District, 400 West Mineral King Ave., Visalia, CA 95291. [...]

Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas, 500 beds, is seeking a director of materials management. E-mail resume to: thrjobpostings@texashealth.org of visit www.texashealth.org. Fax: [...]

Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, 268 beds, is seeking a director of material services. Contact H.R. Dept.. Miami Children's Hospital, 3100 SW 62nd Ave., Miami, FL 33155 of apply online at [...]

Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System, San Jose, Calif., is seeking a director of materials management. The position is responsible for sterile processing, distribution, procurement, laundry and property control. [...]

Trinity Health, Novi, Mich., is seeking a director of materials management and a sourcing manager for capital equipment. The director will be located in Clinton Township, Mich., and the sourcing [...]

Memorial Hermann Southwest, Houston, 600 beds, is seeking a materials management director. Contact Witt/Kieffer, Ford, Hadelman & Lloyd, 10375 Richmond Ave., Suite 1625, Houston, TX [...]

Consorta, Rolling Meadows, Ill., is seeking a contract operations analyst to distribute contract information to member hospitals and maintain members' statistical data. The group purchasing organization also is seeking a [...]

Outside/independent representation on hospital boards has declined as the overall size of those boards has shrunk, according to a recent report from The Governance Institute. The Governance Institute survey on [...]

VHA, Irving, Texas, is seeking a manager for its performance consulting office in the Baltimore-D.C. area. This is a new position. E-mail resume to dalexand@vha.com or visit vha.com and look [...]

Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., 907 beds, is seeking a director of supply chain management. Position is responsible for purchasing, linen, receiving, and central distribution departments and an operational expense [...]

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, 866 beds, is seeking a director of supply, distribution and linen services. Contact Thomas Jefferson University, 201 S. 11th St. Philadelphia, PA 19107-5595, attention AMK-099. [...]

Portage Health System, Hancock, Mich., 74 beds, is seeking a materials management director. Contact Director, Human Resources, Portage Health System, 500 Campus Drive, Hancock, MI 49930, e-mail wnaldrich@portagehealth.org or visit [...]

Aramark, Philadelphia, is seeking a materials manager for an outsourced department in a central California hospital. E-mail resume to [...]

Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, 268 beds, is seeking a director of material services. Contact H.R. Dept., Miami Children's Hospital, 3100 SW 62nd Ave., Miami, FL 33155 or apply online at [...]

Memorial Hermann Southwest, Houston, 600 beds, is seeking a materials management director. Contact Witt/Kieffer, Ford, Hadelman & Lloyd, 10375 Richmond Ave., Suite 1625, Houston, TX [...]

Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System, San Jose, Calif., is seeking a director of materials management. The position is responsible for sterile processing, distribution, procurement, laundry and property control. [...]

Harrison Hospital, Bremerton, Wash., 297 beds, is seeking a project buyer. Contact Sue Scriven, e-mail suescriven@hmh.westsound.net, or visit [...]

A recent survey of human resources and nursing professionals who influence recruitment and supervision decisions within the nursing industry finds that technology is underused in responding to the nursing shortage, [...]

Pharmacists, technologists/radiologists, educators/ trainers, and therapists are leaving hospitals in droves, with a turnover rate exceeding 20%, according to a study conducted by DBM, a global human resource consulting firm. [...]