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Penn Medicine completes first successful pig liver experiment on donor

Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania researchers completed the first successful experiment of circulating a deceased donor’s blood through a genetically engineered pig liver.

Trinity hospital's plan to cut maternity care rejected

Connecticut’s office of health strategy has rejected Johnson Memorial Hospital’s proposal to close its labor and delivery unit, arguing that it would adversely affect the less wealthy, reduce access to care and not save patients money, CT Insider repor…

Arkansas system names interim CEO

LaDonna Johnston, RN, was named interim president and CEO of Searcy, Ark.-based Unity Health.

Cancer centers' masking approaches vary in wake of viruses' resurgence

This is the first year since the COVID-19 pandemic began that hospitals must independently decide if and how to implement masking, and cancer centers across the country are taking different approaches.

Nurses at Tenet hospital vote to unionize

Nurses at Framingham (Mass.) Union Hospital have voted to join the Massachusetts Nurses Association. 

Nitrosamine measures might disrupt anesthetic supply, Dr. Eric Tichy says

Hospitals should start conserving supply of short-term anesthetics as drug manufacturers become more conservative with nitrosamine measures, according to Eric Tichy, PharmD. 

Pharmacist becomes Philadelphia hospital CEO

Former health system pharmacy leader Shawn Parekh, PharmD, recently became CEO of a Philadelphia hospital. 

CHRO turnover dips

Chief human resources officers are seeing lower turnover rates than they did previously, Fortune reported Jan. 19. 

EMTALA-abortion debate heads to Supreme Court: 2 legal updates

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act has emerged as a pivotal issue in the abortion debate, as legal disputes unfold that could hold far-reaching implications for the country, The New York Times reported Jan. 18.

Waystar fights lawsuit after buying Olive AI

Waystar is fighting a lawsuit from an Ohio economic development organization over its purchase of Olive AI, Columbus Business First reported.