As Methodist Hospitals prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary, Chief Executive Officer Matt Doyle laid out the organization’s plans for the future at the monthly meeting of the Gary Chamber of Commerce on Monday. Gary Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Chuck Hughes praised Doyle, who has led Methodist Hospitals since July of 2020, in his introduction.
At a Senate study committee hearing on state laws governing hospital expansion Tuesday, lawmakers and advocates discussed the effectiveness of the existing laws.
Employee satisfaction is a critical component of organizational success, but especially in the healthcare industry where there is a strong correlation between employee satisfaction and patient satisfaction.
But historically, maintaining high levels of employee satisfaction has been challenging for healthcare organizations—and the pandemic shined a bright light on this. We’ve seen healthcare employees across the nation increasingly voice their concerns about staffing, patient care, working conditions, and employee retention. A number of workers have also left their jobs—or professions—altogether amid these and other concerns.
The five-story structure facing Baltimore Pike at Riddle Hospital will double the hospital's size at a time where other facilities in Delaware County are being closed or downsized.
The CEO of the merged Excela Health and Butler Health systems is committed to keeping the organization's five hospitals operating, despite currently enduring millions of dollars in losses. DeFurio spoke with the Trib about the newly named Independence Health System, his vision for its future and his love of community health care.