Beth Israel Medical Center (New York) news and information

Within months of heiress Huguette Clark's arrival at Beth Israel Medical Center, the hospital went after her for an all-out fund-raising campaign.
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When the Silicon Valley startup Intuitive Surgical went public 13 years ago, the company was posting $10 million in annual sales, and its little-known surgical robot had been used on just 600 patients worldwide.
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The MetroHealth System's second go-around at finding a new boss ended Wednesday afternoon when the hard-pressed Cleveland health system introduced Dr. Akram Boutros, founder and president of a New York-based healthcare consulting firm, as president and CEO.
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For public health officials across the country, the Boston Marathon bombing and the blast at a Texas fertilizer plant last week served as a wake-up call: How would their communities cope?
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More than a month after superstorm Sandy devastated flood-prone communities in New Jersey and New York, five hospitals cannot admit patients because of its damage.
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When superstorm Sandy slammed into the New York metropolitan region, healthcare delivery was immediately challenged in unprecedented ways. Major hospitals, including those serving our poorest and most vulnerable New Yorkers, were severely damaged and forced to evacuate. Destruction to homes and...
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After a nearly year-long search, the board of Cleveland's MetroHealth System named Dr. John Brennan, the chief executive at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey, as its next president and CEO.
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Some hospitals remained closed and others continued to grapple with a strain on capacity more than a week after a deadly superstorm that devastated coastal communities in New York and New Jersey.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett named Michael Wolf the Pennsylvania Department of Health's acting secretary after the resignation of Dr. Eli Avila. Avila, 51, “planned to pursue other interests,” Corbett said in a news release. The physician and attorney also looked forward...
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Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, Vt., named Dr. Adam Buckley to the newly created position of chief medical information officer.
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