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Northwell hospital taps new CNO
Staten Island University Hospital, part of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, has named Judy McLaughlin, DNP, RN, as chief nursing officer.
13 health systems completing EHR implementations
Here are 13 hospitals and health systems that have completed new EHR implementations in 2024:
What Trump's presidency could spell for the CDC: 5 notes
The CDC could face budget cuts and restructuring under Donald Trump’s second presidential term, according to reports from NPR and Politico.
AdventHealth Florida hospital taps new CEO
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has named Erik Wangsness president and CEO of AdventHealth Tampa (Fla.), effective Dec. 15.
A cost-effective LLM use in hospitals: Study
Large language models can complete 50 simultaneous tasks and drive a seventeenfold cost reduction, but any additional tasks will cause performance deterioration, according to a study published Nov. 18 in Nature.
Texas medical school ordered to stop liquefying cadavers
A medical school in Fort Worth, Texas, allegedly illegally disposed of bodies after they were used for training and research, according to a cease-and-desist letter obtained by NBC News.
St. Luke's names chief nursing executive
Chesterfield, Mo.-based St. Luke’s Hospital has appointed Kimberly Foxworth, DNP, as the health system’s new chief nursing executive.
UC Davis cancer center taps physician-in-chief
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has permanently named David Cooke, MD, as physician-in-chief for the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.
GLP-1 reduced heart failure risk by 46%: 8 study takeaways
The GLP-1 tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro, was found to reduce the risk of heart failure by 46% among individuals with obesity, according to a study published Nov. 16 in The New England Journal of Medicine and presented at th…
Henry Ford COO looks at shaping culture, operations with Ascension JV
Denise Brooks-Williams stepped into her role as executive vice president and COO of Henry Ford Health on Oct. 1, coinciding with the Detroit-based health system’s official launch of its joint venture with Ascension Michigan.
