I will be retiring later this year, after nearly 42 years as a healthcare executive. At the beginning of this journey, I had no idea what peaks and valleys lay in front of me. Now, after decades of always looking ahead, I am looking back—to reflect on the many lessons I’ve learned about leadership and myself. The most important leadership […]
Cancer research and treatment organization City of Hope (Duarte, Calif.) opened the 190,000-square-foot City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center in Irvine, Calif. The outpatient facility offers multidisciplinary cancer services from prevention to surgery to survivorship as well as cancer-focused clinical trials. The facility houses: 67 exam and treatment rooms 15 consultation rooms an infusion center with 43 […]
This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you purchase through our links. Please read our full disclosure here. If you have been following the latest hair trends, you’ll know that bold hair colors are everywhere this year. For example, red hair has been insanely popular, seen on every celeb. And now we’re seeing […]
How Can Patient Room ‘Next’ Improve Healthcare? Many healthcare organizations are buying point solutions. For example, clinical leaders may want to solve for patient falls and buy a solution to monitor and address that problem in addition to other solutions already in use. Clinicians may have to log in to three or four apps when they enter a room. If […]
Let’s cut to the chase: are hair perfumes necessary? Absolutely not. Are they a fun, often less expensive alternative to regular perfume? Absolutely. If you’re on a fragrance kick and looking to expand your collection, give one of the best hair perfumes on the market a go and maybe you’ll ditch your standard eau de parfum for good. How does […]
Providers remained largely unhappy early this week despite a final ruling issued by the CMS on Monday that increases inpatient payments to hospitals by more than was initially proposed. Organizations like The American Hospital Association said it was “pleased” by the payment update, a 4.3% bump up from the proposed 3.2%, but added it “still falls short of what hospitals and […]
Princess Charlotte is following in her mother’s stylish footsteps as she attended the Commonwealth Games on Aug. 2 with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The 7-year-old was spotted in the crowd wearing a black-and-white-striped fit-and-flare dress complete with a white Peter Pan collar as she sat watching the swimming heats at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Birmingham. Wearing her […]
Renton, Washington-based not-for-profit system Providence acquired Swedish Health Services’ five hospitals in 2012. Median operating cost per adjusted discharge at the 227-bed Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill increased an average of 7% a year from 2011 to 2019, although operating cost growth stagnated from 2015 to 2017. Medical inflation accounted for about 34% of the increase in median operating cost […]
Serge Lutens Datura Noir. A summer perfume that’s not ONLY for the summer. It’s a bit tropical, easy to wear at all times of the year. Official notes: Datura, coconut, almond. Have you tried this or others in the genre?
Design firm Gould Evans (Kansas City, Mo.) has rebranded its firm to a multidisciplinary design focus called Multistudio. The 160-person firm was founded in 1974 and has five locations, including Kansas City; Lawrence, Kan; New Orleans; Phoenix; and San Francisco.