The Biden administration announced June 16 that President Joe Biden will appoint Mandy Cohen, MD, former North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services secretary, director of the CDC.
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Hospital CEO quits after 17 years in healthcare, opens boutique
Leigh Sewell quit her role as president of two Bon Secours hospitals last month. Her next move? Become the franchisee of an upscale boutique, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported June 16.
Palantir poised for big healthcare expansion
Palantir, known for its government contracts, partnered with Cleveland Clinic and Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital in 2021 to develop a new software that would increase hospital efficiency, according to a report from CNBC. And it has.
Novant to buy struggling hospital, spend $50M on improvements
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health agreed to invest $50 million in Burgaw, N.C.-based Pender Medical Center and develop the facility into a community general hospital within the next five years.
Trans individuals' ER visits more likely to result in admittance: Report
Transgender individuals’ emergency department visits are 52.4 percent more likely to result in hospital admittance, and they are often more ill when they show up to ERs than their cisgender counterparts, according to researchers at the University of Mi…
New Jersey hospital 1st in US to use AI to detect abdominal aortic aneurysm
Cooper University Health Care in Camden, N.J., is the first hospital system in the country to use Viz Aortic, an artificial intelligence software that can diagnose abdominal aortic aneurysms “in real time,” according to a June 12 hospital news release….
Kentucky system drops COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers
Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare is no longer requiring that workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine, a spokesperson told the Louisville Courier Journal.
Ochsner Health taps VP, chief nursing officer
Tiffany Murdock, DNP, MSN, has been named vice president and chief nursing officer for New Orleans-based Ochsner Health.
How Mayo, Mass General Brigham, Providence are using generative AI, virtual nursing
From generative artificial intelligence to virtual nursing, health systems have been investing a lot of resources in digital innovation. Here are 24 projects Becker’s has reported on in the past month.
165 CEO moves this year, sorted by state
It’s been a big year for healthcare leadership chutes and ladders, with hospital CEO exits hitting a four-year high.
