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Why a Maine hospital president works to support staff 'in totality'
Since becoming president of Bangor, Maine-based St. Joseph Healthcare in 2011, Mary Prybylo, MSN, RN, has championed initiatives to improve community health both inside and outside hospital walls.
Why a Maine hospital president works to support staff 'in totality'
Since becoming president of Bangor, Maine-based St. Joseph Healthcare in 2011, Mary Prybylo, MSN, RN, has championed initiatives to improve community health both inside and outside hospital walls.
Sutter Health agrees to settle revived antitrust case
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has reached an agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the health system used its market power to charge supracompetitive rates to major insurers, which resulted in higher premiums for members.&nbs…
Defying a national trend, Kansas hospital reopens pediatric unit
The U.S. lost more than 500 pediatric units between 2008 and 2022, resulting in a 29.9% decline in these units and a 19.5% decrease in hospital pediatric beds. Bucking this trend, Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Medical Center reopened its pediatric unit ye…
Providence launches home care joint venture in 3 states
Renton, Wash.-based Providence has launched the first phase of its joint venture with Compassus, a Brentwood, Tenn.-based provider with more than 7,000 employees and hundreds of locations across 32 states, to transition home-based care services t…
J&J recalls catheters after stroke incidents
Johnson & Johnson MedTech issued a recall for its Biosense Webster Varipulse Bi-Directional Ablation Catheter following reports of strokes and transient ischemic attacks in patients undergoing procedures with the device.
NYU Langone adds 7th hospital
New York City-based NYU Langone Health has completed its merger with Patchogue, N.Y.-based Long Island Community Hospital, which will now be known as NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk.
Boston Scientific to acquire devicemaker: 3 things to know
Boston Scientific has reached an agreement to acquire SoniVie, a medical device company developing the TIVUS Intravascular Ultrasound System, an investigational technology aimed at treating hypertension through renal artery denervation.
Sarasota Memorial CFO brings hometown roots to new role
Jen Rosati has been CFO of Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System since February, but her ties to the community go back much further.
Kindred Florida hospital to close, 143 jobs cut
Kindred Hospitals, a Louisville, Ky.-based network of long-term acute care hospitals, will cut 143 jobs at Kindred Hospital Bay Area-Tampa (Fla.) and close the hospital in an effort to consolidate facilities, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s M…
