Hospital Administration News

Baystate Franklin Medical Center president Chuck Gijanto insists in a countywide letter that the hospital is increasing its medical services - a direct response to resolutions approved in 10 towns that urge the hospital to keep its local services intact.

Rescue efforts continued early Tuesday in the Oklahoma City area after a half-mile wide tornado ripped through the region Monday, killing at least 24 people and potentially injuring hundreds more.

A handful of coronary arteries in Pittsburgh soon will be equipped with a new dissolvable scaffold, one of the latest treatments for a leading cause of death in the U.S. A new clinical trial announced Monday will allow researchers to test the effectiveness of a "bioresorbable vascular scaffold" in fighting coronary artery disease, which annually ... (more)

Nancy Schlichting, president and CEO of Henry Ford Health System, said that 'two very different perspectives had emerged for the new organization between Henry Ford and Beaumont.' Detroit The planned merger of Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health System is off after the Henry Ford Board of Trustees Monday decided to let their letter of ... (more)

The research is detailed in a study being published Tuesday, May 21, in Environmental Health Perspectives , a peer-reviewed open access journal published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences , an institute within the National Institutes of Health .

A Gloversville man has been arrested for allegedly causing injuries to his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter over an extended period of time.

Two agents with the FBI's elite hostage rescue team apparently fell to their deaths while on a counterterorrism training exercise off Virginia Beach Friday.

The Boston Globe cited a league source saying Gronkowski had the procedure done on the forearm that he broke twice in the 2012 season.

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The older vaccine for whooping cough that was phased out in the late 1990s is more effective than the current version of the vaccine, a new study contends.

By Staff Writer - The Tri-City News Published: May 18, 2013 12:00 PM Updated: May 18, 2013 12:32 PM Coquitlam Mounties are looking for help finding Ronald Hansen, 61, who was reported missing from Cottonwood Lodge on the Riverview Hospital grounds.

James Jordan, whose wife died more than three years ago from ovarian cancer, was dealt another blow today in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against WellStar Health System and a physician.

With Valley Hospital struggling to modernize its own facilities through a controversial expansion project , a major competitor announced it too has visions of expansion - and it's not even open for business yet.

A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease has been fitted with bionic hands.

Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, a nonprofit organization that organizes Philadelphia's largest regatta, elected Benjamin Speciale and Jennifer Wesson to its board.

A 13-year-old boy was seriously injured in a dirt bike wreck Sunday. The Washington State Patrol says the boy was on a 1999 Honda dirt bike about one mile north of Wilbur.

St Luke's Cheshire Hospice's retail and operations manager Steven Holmes , lottery and promotions manager, Claire Langston, and nurse Diane Collins with some of the leaflets they claim Royal Mail failed to deliver ST LUKE'S Hospice in Winsford is blaming the Royal Mail for non-delivery of a newsletter which it claims has led to a funding shortfall.

Chris Benditzky has been promoted to foreman at Hickory Construction. Vince Marshall has joined the company as a field manager.

Sean Jackman, 24, of Stoughton, the driver in last weekend's fatal car crash in Canton , was arraigned this week on multiple charges, including motor vehicle homicide and drunk driving.

Sean Jackman, 24, of Stoughton, the driver in last weekend's fatal car crash in Canton , was arraigned May 13 on multiple charges, including motor vehicle homicide and drunk driving.