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St. Elizabeth Hospitals Earn Rankings as the Best
Wednesday, July 16, 2014WASHINGTON -- St. Elizabeth Health Center and St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center have been ranked as two of the best hospitals for 2014-15 in the Youngstown metropolitan area by U.S. News & World Report.
Its annual Best Hospitals rankings, in its 25th year, recognize hospitals that excel in treating patients who present the greatest challenges.
Northside Medical Center Names Crable CEO
Tuesday, July 15, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Northside Medical Center today named Trent Crable as its new CEO, effective Aug. 4. Crable has 25 years of diverse health care management experience managing complex operations at academic and community hospitals.
Ready to Quit Except for Health Insurance
Tuesday, July 15, 2014ST. PAUL, Minn. -- If you could buy health insurance coverage comparable to what comes with your job, would you quit? About 40% of Americans who have health insurance as an employee benefit would do just that, a new survey has found.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that, because of the Affordable Care Act, workers may “choose to supply less labor” equivalent to two million full-time jobs between 2017 and 2024. This prompts the question: How many workers see themselves as “job-locked” – that is, reluctant to change jobs for fear of losing health insurance?
Muransky Prides Himself on Attending to Every Detail
Monday, July 14, 2014BOARDMAN, Ohio -- Ed Muransky admits he’s a stickler for details.
Take, for example, a typical patient suite on the second floor of the Surgical Hospital at Southwoods in Boardman. Muransky, president and CEO, gestures to a small board on the wall at the front of the room.
“There was a suggestion that we needed a white board and a cork board” that nurses can use to post notes and to write instructions. “I said, ‘You’re not having either.’ They look junky and there’s always stuff all over them.”
Ribbon Cut at Northside Medical Center's 'New Face'
Wednesday, July 09, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – During the expansion and renovation project at Northside Medical Center, emergency department operations were “kind of similar to changing a tire when you’re rolling down the road,” says Neal Tishman, D.O. and chairman of its department of emergency medicine.
A few miles remain on that journey, but officials at Northside and its parent, ValleyCare Health Systems of Ohio, joined community leaders Tuesday morning to cut the ribbon on the new 30,000-square-foot tower that officially opens Monday.