ECMC appoints Cleland as CEO, Quatroche as president

A year after his appointment to the interim post, Richard Cleland has been approved as permanent CEO for the Erie County Medical Center Corp. , while Thomas Quatroche was named president. The appointments by the ECMC board of directors follow a practice of promoting from within at the Buffalo trauma center.

SOURCE: Hospital Administration News – Read entire story here.

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In Washington State: It’s not NICE, but it’s good.

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May 19, 2015
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Back in 2006, the state of Washington enacted a law creating the Washington State Health Technology Assessment Program. Since 2007, the state’s Health Care Authority has administered a Health Technology Clinical Committee (HTCC)–composed of eleven independent health care professionals who review information and render decisions at open public meetings. They determine whether and how selected health technologies (medical and surgical devices and procedures, medical equipment, and diagnostic tests) are covered by several state agencies. Participating state agencies include the Health Care Authority; Department of Social and Health Services (Medicaid); Labor and Industries; Department of Corrections; and Department of Veterans Affairs. In some respects, the program is analogous to the United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which performs similar functions for the National Health Service.