Beth Israel Medical Center (New York) news and information

New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, both in New York City, announced that Dr. Lewis Cantley will direct the institutions' newly established cancer center.
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As Massachusetts launches an aggressive effort to contain healthcare spending, the rest of the country will be watching.
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(This story has been updated with a correction.)The potential merger of NYU Langone Medical Center with Continuum Health Partners moved closer to a deal as the New York hospital operators signed a memorandum of understanding.
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The potential merger of NYU Langone Medical Center with Continuum Health Partners moved closer to a deal as the New York hospital operators signed a memorandum of understanding.
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The Obama administration put $25 million on the table in October 2009 to nurture better ways to address medical liability, and House Republicans in early 2011 set about pushing caps on damages.
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Beth Israel Medical Center has admitted that it fraudulently inflated its fees for services to Medicare patients and will pay the government over $13 million.
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Memorial Hospital, an HCA-owned facility in Jacksonville, Fla., named Jim O'Loughlin its new president and CEO, effective Feb. 13. O'Loughlin, 55, comes to Memorial from Carolinas Hospital System in Florence, S.C., where he was president and CEO of the hospital, owned by for-profit Community...
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Added responsibilities may allow chief operating officers to rightfully assume part of the glory when their hospital or health network flourishes. But as the job continues to expand and evolve, the role also leaves the COO more vulnerable in case of failure.
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The high-profile drug and device recalls of recent years have set the backdrop for healthcare organizations to establish more efficient, proactive systems that can better identify early signs of troubled products.
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John Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, named Dr. Peter Pronovost to lead its recently established Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. A well-known patient-safety expert and anesthesiologist, Pronovost directs the Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Group and also serves as...
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