Thousands of breast cancer patients could be spared chemotherapy or get gentler versions of it without harming their odds of beating the disease, according to new research.
David Hoidal will resign as chief executive officer of University of Alabama-Birmingham Health System effective Jan. 4. The University of Alabama at Birmingham has not yet named replacement to head the system, which includes 908-bed UAB Hospital, the Kirklin Clinic, Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital, Viva Health, UAB Highlands, Health Services Foundation, Medical West in Bessemer and Montgomery Baptist hospitals.
The American Hospital Association says that a letter recently sent to presidential candidates about specialty hospitals is "all fiction, no facts." In response, the AHA and the Iowa Hospital Association sent their own letter to the candidates that says limited-service facilities drive up the nation's healthcare costs and threaten to dismantle vital community resources for patients.
Paul Salles, an executive vice president of the Louisiana Hospital Association, has been tapped as president and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Hospital Council. The Metropolitan Hospital Council represents the interests of community hospitals, which have all contended with a shortage of doctors, nurses and support staff since Hurricane Katrina.
Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, FL, has made $700,000 in improvements to its surgical department. The investment includes upgrades to thecystoscopy department and other improvements to the facility's operating rooms.