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100,000 and counting: What's driving AdventHealth's workforce growth
For Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth, reaching a milestone — 100,000 employees — was a journey years in the making. A journey, according to Olesea Azevedo, executive vice president, chief administrative officer and chief people officer, that …
4,500 U of Michigan Health workers greenlight 1st contract
Members of the United Michigan Medicine Allied Professionals have approved their first labor contract with Michigan Medicine’s clinical division, Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health.
AI helps Cleveland Clinic uncover new uses for existing drugs
Cleveland Clinic researchers are using artificial intelligence to identify existing FDA-approved drugs that may be repurposed to treat other complex diseases.
10 hospitals closing departments or ending services
A number of healthcare organizations have recently closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages.
Wellstar names CFO as CEO search begins
Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System, an 11-hospital system, has appointed John Kerndl executive vice president and CFO.
UNC Health hospital taps COO
Rebecca Hutton Schulkowski, PharmD, has been named COO of UNC Health Nash in Rocky Mount, N.C., effective early March.
Ascension Via Christi taps Kansas hospital president
Laurie Labarca has been appointed president of Ascension Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kan.
AdventHealth names Florida hospital CEO
Khelsea Bauer has been appointed president and CEO of AdventHealth DeLand (Fla.), effective Feb. 23.
Why scholars turned to Barnes-Jewish College to help train nurses in China
Two scholars from Shenzhen Hospital of Southern Medical University in China recently set out to learn from Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing’s expertise and adapt it to their country’s practices.
Mercy taps Missouri regional president
Marie Moore, BSN, has been named president of Mercy Washington and Lincoln communities, part of St. Louis-based Mercy’s eastern Missouri region, effective March 3.
