The Willis-Knighton Health System serves the Shreveport-Bossier City area of Louisiana with a family of hospitals and clinics. In 1997, the corporation identified a growing need for additional general hospital space in the Pierremont area in Shreveport and began an aggressive design and construction program. The medical group retained Purtle...
The Willis-Knighton Health System serves the Shreveport-Bossier City area of Louisiana with a family of hospitals and clinics. As a not-for-profit health corporation with a history extending nearly a century, it strives to anticipate the medical needs of its region. The corporation identified a growing need for additional general hospital...
Four-hospital Louisiana healthcare system leverages emergency department information system to streamline workflow and improve delivery of patient care ADDISON, Texas -- MEDHOST, provider of the leading Emergency Department Information System EDIS, today announced that Willis-Knighton Health System in Shreveport, La., has standardized its emergency department ED operations by...
RUSTON, La.-Community Health Systems, Brentwood, Tenn., signed a nonbinding letter of intent to buy 124-bed Lincoln General Hospital for undisclosed terms, according to the hospital. Community and Lincoln General are now in exclusive negotiations on a final agreement. A Community spokeswoman said as a matter of...
Byline: Jennifer Lubell Documentation was once a problem at the Willis-Knighton Health System in Shreveport, La. The hospital system was getting the sickest of the sick in its region, "And we did not feel we were accurately documenting the ...
METAIRIE, La. -- Coventry Health Care of Louisiana Coventry is proud to announce the expansion of its service area to include the Shreveport, Louisiana area. Coventry will offer an array of group and individual health insurance products to businesses and residents in Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, and...
Gone are the days of the metal clipboards attached to hospital beds. Today, doctors and nurses often use portable laptops and PDAs to obtain patient records and diagnostics, and hospitals are researching wireless network infrastructures that can support flexible voice and data applications. Willis-Knighton Health System, an expansive four-hospital system...
For years, hospitals have been asking electronic commerce providers to justify the cost of switching to online purchasing with documented savings data. In March, they received one answer. Neoforma, San Jose, Calif., released a report that identified $12.3 million...
For years, hospitals have been asking electronic commerce providers to justify the cost of switching to online purchasing with documented savings data. In March, they received one answer. Neoforma, San Jose, Calif., released a report that identified $12.3 million...
Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers HARRISBURG, Pa.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 27, 2003 Amisys Synertech and Health Plus of Louisiana Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Willis-Knighton Health System and the largest health maintenance organization in northern Louisiana, entered into a three-year agreement where Amisys Synertech will provide key business processing services...
Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers BOULDER, Colo.--BW HealthWire--May 14, 2002 Encision Inc. (OTCBB:ECSN), a manufacturer of patented surgical instruments which are emerging as a standard of care in minimally-invasive surgery, today reported that a prominent multi-hospital health system in Louisiana has committed to converting to Encision's...
Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers HARTFORD, Wis.--BW HealthWire--Feb. 21, 2002 Automating Peripherals Inc. API announced today that Willis-Knighton Health System, based throughout Louisiana, has implemented the company's PayrollmationR time and attendance system. Payrollmation automates and simplifies the time and attendance data collection and calculation process, streamlining...
Presidents, CEOs * Philip Dionne has been named president and chief executive officer of Holy Cross Hospital, Chicago. He had been president and CEO of St. Joseph Medical Center, Reading, Pa. * Doug Johnson has been named chief executive officer...
Bossier City, La., said earlier this month it will dismiss its antitrust lawsuit against Willis-Knighton Health System, based in Shreveport, La. The suit, filed in August, alleged the health system's business tactics reduced the value of the city-owned hospital, Bossier Medical Center, by $10 million (Aug....
Bossier City, La., has sued Willis-Knighton Health System, claiming the Shreveport, La.-based system used unfair competitive tactics that devalued Bossier City's hospital by at least $10 million. The Shreveport suburb sold its 168-bed Bossier Medical Center to Dallas-based Christus Health in June...
DANVERS, Mass.--BW HealthWire--Feb. 2, 1999--ABIOMED, Inc. (pronounced "AB-EE-O-MED"), (NASDAQ:ABMD) today announced that Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, is the 100th heart transplant center to acquire the life-saving ABIOMED BVS-5000 (BVSR) temporary artificial heart system. Other heart transplant centers that have purchased the BVS within the past six months include: Cleveland...
Matel Dawson Jr. says he wants to leave a legacy. That's why the 77-year-old Ford Motors employee recently donated $100,000 to Louisiana State University in Shreveport LSUS. Dawson, who operates a forklift at Ford Motor Company's Rouge Plant in Dearborn, MI, gave the $100,000 gift to establish...
BOSSIER CITY, La.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 2, 1996--Horseshoe Casino-Hotel is proud to announce the hiring of Francene Miller as their new vice president of Human Resources. Miller joins the casino with an impressive background in human relations. She is the former director of Business Development for Schumpert...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 8, 1995--OrNda HealthCorp (Nasdaq/NM:ORND) announced today that Minden Medical Center, a 121-bed OrNda facility, has signed a formal affiliation agreement with Willis-Knighton Health System, a major tertiary provider in Shreveport, Louisiana. Minden Medical Center maintains its own identity and ownership, but becomes part of an expanded, integrated...
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