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Louisiana system names chief nursing officer
Bayou Bend Health System in Franklin, La., has named Robert Raheem, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer.
Buzz for gene therapies is loud, but drugmakers struggle to get treatments off the ground
Roctavia held promise of treating hemophilia A, but has only been used for one patient since its approval in June 2023, Bloomberg reported Feb. 20.
519-bed Kentucky hospital names chief medical officer
Baptist Health Louisville (Ky.) has named Robert Cardarelli, DO, its new chief medical officer.
Mercy Oklahoma president to retire
Jim Gebhart is retiring as community president of Mercy’s Oklahoma region at the end of February.
Yale New Haven Health names president
Pamela Sutton-Wallace was promoted to president of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health, a five-hospital system affiliated with Yale University and Yale Medicine.
California county's hospitals see $11.3B in revenue
The 24 biggest hospitals in Orange County, Calif., saw revenue increase by 9.1% to $11.3 billion in revenue for the year ended Sept. 30, 2023, the Orange County Business Journal reported Feb. 19.
Mark Cuban's drug company tacks on 2 more branded meds
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. now offers two Bayer brand-name medicines: Yaz, an oral contraceptive, and Climara, a menopause treatment.
Grocery spending drops among Ozempic users
New data points to yet another ripple effect from the rising popularity of weight loss drugs: a drop in grocery spending, Bloomberg reported Feb. 16.
UCHealth sued patients nearly 16K times in last 5 years, investigation reveals
Over the last five years, Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth has sued its patients 15,710 times for money that they owe to the health system, The Colorado Sun reported Feb. 19.
A guide to successfully navigate ED boarding
Overwhelming, chaotic, inefficient, dysfunctional — all four words appear throughout a recent report describing the nationwide challenge of emergency department boarding published by the American College of Emergency Physicians.
