Robert norton ceo nsmc

Plans to reorganize Union Hospital have simmered since last year, when Partners first proposed plans to rebrand the facility as one entirely focused on behavioral health care. That plan fell through when Partners decided to hold off on acquiring Hallmark Health System and its two hospitals on the North Shore.

The health system also plans to add at least two more primary care physicians as well as physicians in some specialty areas. Please Sign In and use this article's on page print button to print this article. The final fiscal quarter of should show whether NSMC can sustain its momentum.

As we reported last week in a story about hospitals' improved financial performance, NSMC got there by leaving unfilled 50 administrative positions as it consolidated some operations with Union Hospital. Plus, Norton said, the hospital has attracted more patients by adding new services, including angioplasty and cardiac surgery, helping to transform the hospital into a "regional referral center. Shahrukh Qurashi is betting the growth of his business on the possibility that hospitals will continue their struggle to hire enough nurses and other health care professionals in an era of short supply.

Qurashi is a founder and chief operating officer for Universal Resources, a private company based in Boston with an office in Manila, Philippines, and a recently opened a Washington, D.

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