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The influx is prompting more clinicians to rethink the fast-paced emergency room, where default is do everything possible to extend life.
Declining delivery numbers combined with an ongoing nursing staff shortage in the state spelled fate of OB department, hospital says.
Data showed that the average primary care salary that was offered at placement rose from $207,041 in 2015 to $229,734.
According to Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, CHS said sale offer undervalued the network by a billion dollars.
Project is scheduled to start fall 2017, pending certificate of need approval from the state.
The level of turnover registered in 2016 has held steady and is among the highest rates calculated over the last two decades.
Settlement stems from 2014 OCR complaint that staff member from Spencer Cox Center disclosed a patient's protected health information.
The study found that 30-day mortality rates were 1.5 percent lower at teaching hospitals, and that rate was consistent across nearly every procedure and condition.
Younger patients, those with higher deductibles and those living in a higher-income community were the most likely to use the tool.
Peter D. Banko, Centura's current president and chief operating officer, will assume CEO role, Centura says.