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Providence cuts operating deficit in 2024, but CFO 'not taking it for granted'
Renton, Wash.-based Providence recorded an operating loss of $644 million (-2.1% margin) in 2024, an improvement from an operating loss of $1.2 billion (-4.1% margin) in 2023, according to its March 6 financial report.
AdventHealth hospital taps chief medical officer as CEO
David Sinclair, MD, has been appointed president and CEO of AdventHealth Daytona Beach (Fla.), effective March 10.
Georgia hospital names administrator
Casey Fleckenstein, BSN, RN, was appointed administrator for Monroe County Hospital in Forsyth, Ga., according to a statement from Kerry Trapnell, chief administrative officer of Aletheia Health Partners, management company for MCH.
4 healthcare HR trends to watch in the next 5 years
Talent and technology availabilities are two of the most significant challenges in healthcare recruitment and retention today, according to Amy Beales, chief human resources officer at Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health.
Baptist Health hospital creates foundation
Baptist Health La Grange (Ky.), a 90-bed hospital, will establish a new foundation in summer 2025.
A ‘Mecca’ for robotic heart surgery: How Baptist Health South Florida is scaling up
“It’s kind of like that quote in “Field of Dreams,” ‘If you build it, they will come,'” Tom Nguyen, MD, told Becker’s of the robotic cardiac surgery program at the Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. “It’s pretty clear that we built it a…
Democratic PAC aims to elect 100 new physicians
314 Action, a political action committee focused on recruiting and electing Democrats with a science background to public office, launched a new campaign to elect 100 new physicians to office by 2030 on Feb. 28.
CVS Health to lay off 183
CVS Health has shared plans to lay off 183 employees May 3 at its Wellesley, Mass., location, according to a WARN notice filed Feb. 28.
Is nurse continuity necessary in NICUs?
The continuity of nursing care in ICUs is typically thought to improve patient outcomes, but a recent Penn Nursing-led study challenges this assumption.
Allow pharmacists to prescribe some controlled substances: ASHP to DEA
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and other pharmacy organizations have called on the Drug Enforcement Administration to update its registration process to align with state laws that grant pharmacists prescriptive authority over control…
