Category: Becker’s Hospital Review

Shuttered Steward Pennsylvania hospital sold for $1.9M

Tenor Health Partners, a hospital turnaround company, has received bankruptcy court approval to purchase Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s Sharon (Pa.) Regional Hospital for $1.9 million after the hospital closed Jan. 5. 

LifeBridge Health reports employee email breach

A limited number of employee emails at LifeBridge Health were breached by an unauthorized third party.

Loyola Medicine hospital names chief nurse

Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine has appointed Tara Yurinich, MSN, RN, as chief nursing officer of Gottlieb Memorial hospital. 

South Carolina system CFO retires, successor named

Georgetown, S.C.-based Tidelands Health has promoted Erin Shaffer Beadle to executive vice president and CFO, succeeding Beth Ward, who is retiring after a 40-year career in healthcare finance. 

Novant plans 140-unit workforce housing development

Novant Health will develop 140 workforce housing units for healthcare professionals, first responders and other critical service industry workers on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, according to a news release shared with Becker’s.

At Temple, 2nd Philadelphia physician group votes to unionize

Resident physicians and fellows at Philadelphia-based Temple University Hospital have voted to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union, the committee said in a Jan. 10 Facebook post, becomi…

10 medical schools with the highest, lowest share of graduates in primary care

The growing shortage of primary care physicians poses a critical challenge for the nation’s healthcare system, with the American Association of Medical Colleges projecting a shortfall of up to 40,400 by 2036. 

St. Joseph's Health taps chief administrative officer

Paterson, N.J.-based St. Joseph’s Health has appointed David De Simone as its chief administrative officer and general counsel, effective Jan. 13.

'We're just getting started': Cleveland Clinic, AI and clinical care

At Cleveland Clinic, AI tools are advancing not just patient care, but patient privacy and clinical practices.

MUSC Health grows marketing team

Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health is adding a former WCBD-TV meteorologist to its marketing team.