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UNC seeks Supreme Court ruling on $252M hospital dispute
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health and the state department of health have asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to hear a yearslong case involving UNC’s plan to build a 40-bed hospital in the Durham, N.C., portion of Research Triangle Park, according…
Tufts exec heads to Kaleida Health
Kelly Corbi was appointed executive vice president and COO of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, effective Nov. 4.
Why Tampa General is injecting another $162M into its USF partnership
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital’s CEO is shedding more light on the hospital’s plans to invest $162 million next year to support greater integration with USF Health, its university affiliate.
Why supply chain expertise is a crucial CEO asset
Traditionally, S&P 500 CEOs have risen from finance, strategy or technology backgrounds, but a growing number are emerging from high-level supply chain management roles, Harvard Business Review reported Sept. 12.
14 rehab hospitals tapping CEOs
Here are 14 rehabilitation hospital CEO, president and administrator appointments from the past 12 months, including from Cincinnati-based Mercy Health and Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health:
How OSU Wexner is tackling physicians' 'pajama time'
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center is planning to expand the use of an AI-powered clinical documentation tool to its emergency rooms and inpatient environments after seeing success with staff using the tool.
Florida system names market COO
Karim Ghanem has been named market COO of Naples, Fla.-based Physicians Regional Healthcare System.
Researcher awarded $3.8M in discrimination suit against U of Alabama at Birmingham
A former cancer research scientist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded $3.8 million for harassment and discrimination she said she experienced while employed at the university’s medical school, AL.com reported Sept. 10.
Texas system lays off 129
Southwestern Health Resources, a 31-hospital joint venture, conducted a mass layoff affecting 129 employees on Sept. 10.
'Just lose weight' rhetoric harms care, patients say
Although the American Medical Association recognized obesity as a disease state in 2013, weight stigma still persists in parts of the healthcare industry, which patients say is undermining care quality.
