Dr. Gary L. Gottlieb, the president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will become chief executive of Partners HealthCare System Inc. at the end of the year, when Dr. James J. Mongan retires from the position.
Partners’ board of directors yesterday unanimously selected Gottlieb, 53, ending five months of speculation. In September, Partners said Mongan would retire at the end of 2009 and named Gottlieb and three other system executives as finalists Read the rest of this entry »

MONROE — A mentally ill convicted killer has been temporarily committed to Western State Hospital after serving 20 years in the Special Offender Unit of the state prison at Monroe.
The Department of Corrections says Michael McFarland, who is classified by the state as dangerously mentally ill, was referred Wednesday for civil commitment at the mental hospital for 72 hours.
Twenty years ago, McFarland pleaded guilty to stabbing his mother to death Read the rest of this entry »

LAS VEGAS—University Medical Center officials are expected to present new contracts with medical groups and health care providers that would save Clark County about $1.3 million per year.
The hospital has been renegotiating the contracts to help ease its $39 million in debt.
Hospital officials say the new contracts would save the hospital $9.5 million over the lives of the contracts, between 4 percent and 20 percent on each arrangement.
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After 11 years at the helm, Marc Smith, president and chief executive of the
, announced his retirement Thursday.
Smith will step down Jan. 4, 2010, after serving as the president and CEO of MHA and its affiliated companies since January 1998.
, an affiliation of the Kansas and Missouri hospital associations, since 1999.
Smith led the association to publish the first statewide report on hospital quality in 2004, ahead of mandated reporting Read the rest of this entry »

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KENNEWICK, Wash.– Kennewick General Hospital is one step closer to a future expansion.
The hospital got its certificate of need approved from the state. Now the hospital can apply for a loan from the Federal Housing Administration for more funding.
KGH leaders plan to build a new facility on the 40 acres of land known as the Southridge campus. The hospital’s CEO says having a new facility will also help our local job market.
“We’ll be creating Read the rest of this entry »

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Just close Dempsey.
“Does the model they have work?” Senate Republican leader
of Fairfield asked. “I would argue it’s not working, and maybe the University of Connecticut shouldn’t be in the business of running a hospital.”
McKinney’s question may have particular resonance for lawmakers faced with both a massive budget crisis and the price tag of UConn’s proposal — $605 million over 10 years, plus an estimated $13 million in annual labor Read the rest of this entry »

A Pennsylvania man who was injured during a crane accident in Annapolis Thursday was stable in critical condition at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center today, according to the hospital.
Edward Cifaldo, 46, of the 200 block of Main Street in Red Lion, Pa., was sitting in a compartment of a crane that was preparing to lift heating and cooling units onto the roof of a fitness center under construction at Annapolis Towne Centre in Parole. Anne Arundel Read the rest of this entry »

in Westwood will open a 7,500-square-foot dedicated space Monday for its Blood and Marrow Transplant program.
The space’s renovation started in the fall and cost $2 million, KU Hospital spokesman Dennis Minich said Wednesday. The project was paid for by Annette Bloch’s $20 million donation in the fall, Minich said.
The Blood and Marrow Transplant program had been in shared space in the cancer pavilion, he said.
The program had three Read the rest of this entry »