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St. Luke's CFO, co-president to retire

Duluth, Minn.-based St. Luke’s co-President and CFO Eric Lohn is retiring April 12.

Longtime California hospital CEO, chair dies 2 days after resignation

John Friel, RN, a long-standing leader in California healthcare, died March 21. 

Maryland hospital treats patient after bridge collapse

After a cargo ship reportedly lost power and hit Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge at about 2 a.m. March 26, the bridge collapsed. Employees not on call at the University of Maryland Medical Center soon began calling to ask if the hospital’s trauma …

'They want you': How Dad's advice shaped this nursing leader

From offering unconventional schedules for nurses to filling the gap between physical needs and mental health, Cory Werts, MSN, RN, has her eyes set on what programs can make the most impact for patients and staff.

California hospital to close ED for 6-9 months

Beginning April 1, Seton Medical Center Coastside in Moss Beach, Calif., will temporarily close while structural repairs caused by storm damage are made. 

Massachusetts attorneys say Steward owes them $600K

Kenney and Sams, a Boston law firm, has filed a lawsuit against financially troubled Dallas-based Steward Health Care claiming that the health system owes it $605,306 for legal services rendered, including interest and additional damages. 

HCA's CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 2023

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen was paid 356 times more than the health system’s median employee in 2023, according to a proxy statement filed March 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Froedtert ThedaCare Health breaks ground on $84M hospital

Milwaukee-based Froedtert ThedaCare Health has broken ground on an $84 million hospital in Oshkosh, Wis.

'Burned by corporate healthcare': Saltzer Health physician on looming closure

With the clock ticking, Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is still working to sell services from its Nampa, Idaho-based Saltzer Health, a physician group, after sharing plans to close or sell the group in January. 

The tech Ochsner physicians hail as 'life-changing'

For the first time in a long time, Amy Trainor, RN, system vice president and CIO at New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, said she is hearing physicians say that a piece of technology is proving to be “life changing.”