1. Leading is not the same as managing. There is a huge difference between managing and leading. "Leaders do the right thing and managers do things right," it has been said. While managers focus on working toward the organization's goals,…
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A recent nationwide survey of nurses shows that many of them plan to leave their jobs, suggesting that the nursing shortage will return, according to a release from AMN Healthcare.
Physicians planning a surgery center in Campbell, Calif., failed to persuade the city council to even consider changing zoning requirements to allow for the ASC, according to a report by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.
In a setback for physicians and hospitals, the Illinois Supreme Court nullified the state's medical malpractice law, ruling that a cap on non-economic damages enacted in 2005 by the state legislature is invalid.
Global Surgical Partners has announced the opening of their eighth ASC in Sarasota, Fla.
Independent actuaries working for the CMS reported that the healthcare sector's share of the economy grew by 1.1 percent in 2009, the largest one-year increase ever reported, according to a report in Health Affairs.
Pittsburgh-based ClearCount Medical Solutions has announced FDA 510(k) clearance for its SmartWand-DTX system, according to a ClearCount news release.
SurgCenter of Greenbelt (Md.), developed by SurgCenter Development, is nearing completion, according to a report in the Washington Business Journal.
Romilla Anwar, MD, of New Providence, N.J., and Anatoly Sunik of Rego Park, N.Y., were sentenced on Jan. 29, 2010, to 30 months and 12 months in prison, respectively, in a Manhattan Federal Court after pleading guilty to healthcare fraud…
Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, an independent compensation and human resources management consulting firm based in Detroit, has named Jim Nelson a managing principal at its offices in Minneapolis, according to a SullivanCotter news release.