Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. CFOs face worst job security in the C-Suite

    CFOs at the biggest U.S. listed companies lasted an average of 3.51 years in post between 2016 and 2021, the latest period for which official data exists, according to a recent analysis by DataRails.
  2. Cedars-Sinai faces federal investigation into treatment of Black mothers

    Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights investigation over the treatment of Black women who give birth there, the Los Angeles Times reported July 11.
  3. 2 hospitals closing emergency departments

    In the last month, Becker's has reported on a Pennsylvania hospital that closed its emergency department and another hospital in Indiana that plans to follow suit:
  1. Lee Health's heart institute taps VP, chief physician executive

    Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health tapped Malissa Wood, MD, as the system's vice president and chief physician executive of Lee Health Heart Institute, Lehigh Acres Citizen reported July 10.
  2. Texas physicians perform rare partial heart transplant on 11-month-old

    UT Health Austin and Dell Children's Medical Center physicians performed the world's seventh pediatric partial heart transplant.
  3. 5 recent hospital, health system CEO moves

    The following hospital and health system CEO moves have recently been reported by Becker's:
  4. Tenet hospital taps CEO

    East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, S.C., has named Tyler Sherrill CEO, effective July 10.

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  1. HCA Midwest Health names VP of nursing operations

    Nicole Carr, DNP, MSN, RN, was named vice president of nursing operations for HCA Midwest Health, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.
  2. A UPMC nurse's rapid rise to leadership

    Ashley Iannazzo, DNP, RN, has experienced various changes during her career trajectory. Most recently, she went from one direct report three years ago to overseeing about 700 employees as senior director of clinical operations at the UPMC Center for Nursing Excellence and UPMC Travel Staffing senior nurse leader.
  3. Dr. Melissa Austin sworn in as new Walter Reed president

    U.S. Navy Capt. Melissa Austin, MD, was sworn in as the new director of Bethesda, Md.-based Walter Reed National Military Medical Center July 5.
  4. The CEO in favor of nurse staffing legislation

    In a break from most hospitals' stance on mandating staffing standards, Penn Medicine is urging state legislators to pass a bill that would require hospitals to follow minimum nurse-to-patient ratios.

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  1. Georgia health system appoints inaugural CIO

    Brunswick-based Southeast Georgia Health System has named its first CIO.
  2. 16 recent health system IT exec appointments

    The following health system and hospital IT executive appointments have been reported by Becker's since March 6:
  3. Children's hospitals' financials stumble but remain relatively robust: Fitch

    While median cash flow metrics at the nation's children's hospitals may have declined to their lowest level in ten years, their median ratings are superior compared with acute care health systems, Fitch said in a July 10 report.
  4. UConn Health launches CEO search after reevaluating leadership structure

    Following an evaluation of leadership structure, Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health will begin a national search for a CEO in the coming weeks.
  5. Lessons 5 health system executives learned from other leaders

    "We've all had to make tough decisions," wrote Terry Shaw, president and CEO of AdventHealth in a July 6 LinkedIn post. "Sometimes we might even look back and wonder whether we did the right thing."
  6. CVS-owned pharma company to lay off 195 workers

    Heartland Healthcare Services, a pharmacy company owned by CVS Health and HCR-ManorCare, plans to close two facilities and lay off 195 workers in Ohio and Maryland, according to WARN filings.
  7. Teen lives at Colorado hospital for weeks due to human services delay

    A 13-year-old boy with autism has spent nearly four weeks in the emergency department at UCHealth Long Peaks Hospital in Longmont, Colo., after being abandoned there by his father, CBS Colorado reported July 10.
  8. Allina Health puts new hospital project on indefinite hold amid financial challenges

    Minneapolis-based Allina Health has now put its planned Cambridge (Minn.) Medical Center replacement hospital project on indefinite hold as the 13-hospital system deals with persistent financial challenges.
  9. 41.4 million affected by healthcare data breaches this year, nearing '22 totals

    The number of people caught up in healthcare data breaches this year is already approaching 2022 levels, Politico reported July 10.

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