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To keep ER use down, hospitals look to urgent care and beyond
As hospitals in Maryland and across the country try to bring down the cost of health care and improve the overall health of their communities, they’re finding ways to reduce unnecessary use of their emergency rooms. One solution has been for health systems to open urgent care centers, which treat illnesses and injuries that aren’t […]
Grant will fund jobs coach at Levindale
A $15,000 gift will help Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital continue its efforts to help people into careers in nursing and geriatric care. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s grant — the third it has made to Levindale in as many years — will help fund the hospital’s career coach specialist, an employee who […]
ExpressCare opening two more Maryland centers
ExpressCare Urgent Care Centers, a partner of LifeBridge Health, is opening two new Maryland locations next month — in Arbutus and Laurel. ExpressCare is also opening a center in Bear, Delaware, in December. The two new sites — opening Dec. 1 in the Towne Centre at Laurel and Dec. 22 at 3815 Wilkens Avenue — […]
Carroll Hospital to be part of LifeBridge Health
The number of independent hospitals in Maryland will soon dwindle further, now that Carroll Hospital Center has agreed to join the LifeBridge Health system.
A bridge to career development
LifeBridge Health is one of the country’s most committed employers when it comes to career-development and support for workers, according to a national organization that measures such things. The Baltimore-based health system was one of nine companies nationwide selected as a 2014 “Frontline Healthcare Worker Champion” by CareerSTAT, a collaborative of health care leaders that […]
Hollenstein joins LifeBridge Health
Deborah Hollenstein has joined LifeBridge Health as vice president, strategic marketing and communications.
Krajewski named LifeBridge Health CFO
David Krajewski has been named chief financial officer and senior vice president of LifeBridge Health.
Meltzer reappointed to national health care board
Neil Meltzer, president and chief operating officer of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and senior vice president of LifeBridge Health, has been selected for a second, three-year term on the U.S. Government Accountability Office's National Health Care Workforce Commission.
Cox named healthcare philanthropy fellow
Julie Ellsworth Cox, vice president of development for LifeBridge Health in Baltimore, has received a 2012 Association for Healthcare Philanthropy Fellow designation.
Suntha to be CEO, president of new University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center
The three parties involved in the sale of St. Joseph Medical Center to the University of Maryland Medical System said Wednesday the deal is expected to close on Dec. 1.
Cardinal ‘disappointed’ with decision of St. Joseph’s board
The University of Maryland Medical System has agreed to honor the Catholic identity and religious heritage of the St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson as the medical giant begins talks to buy the beleaguered community hospital this spring. But that pledge has already been met with controversy. Cardinal Edwin O’Brien, head of the Archdiocese of […]
Board recommends buyer for St. Joseph
After a whirlwind series of meetings and fact-finding sessions, the board of directors at St. Joseph Medical Center has identified and recommended a buyer for the beleaguered hospital to Catholic Health Initiatives, the current owner. The 263-bed community hospital in Towson has been under scrutiny for nearly three years after hundreds of patients of its […]
