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Illinois hospital names Dr. Kimberley Darey president

Kimberley Darey, MD, has been named president of Elmhurst (Ill.) Hospital, a member of NorthShore University HealthSystem – Edward-Elmhurst Health. 

5 GI device companies to watch in 2023

As the gastroenterology device market continues to grow, here are five companies poised to take over the market in 2023. 

Cardiologist, Iowa board agree to settlement 12 years after misconduct incident

The Iowa State Appeal Board settled a 2020 lawsuit with a cardiologist for releasing information related to an incident that occurred during a 2010 surgery, The Gazette reported Feb. 7.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta cardiologists implant pacemaker into premature baby

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Heart Center successfully inserted a pacemaker into a premature baby.

Google in the headlines: 5 recent healthcare moves

From growing its insurance business neary sixfold to launching an open-sourced large language model that exclusively addresses medical query, here are five healthcare moves from Google as reported by Becker’s Hospital Review since Jan. 5:

4 biggest challenges facing remote patient monitoring

Remote patient monitoring technology plays a huge role in hospital-at-home programs, but challenges remain as tools that record and transmit patient data to providers still need to overcome issues such as data interoperability, according to a Feb. 6 ar…

California hospital at risk of losing Medicare funding over patient safety violations

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center is at risk of losing Medicare reimbursements due to patient safety concerns, Bay Area News Group reported Feb. 7.

BJC HealthCare names chief clinical officer

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare named Christopher Miller, MD, chief clinical officer and senior vice president.

First-of-its-kind fungal vaccine shows promise in animal trials

Athens-based University of Georgia researchers developed a first-of-its-kind fungal vaccine, and they say it has shown promising results in animal trials.

3 Texas hospital staff members injured in alleged assault

Police say a man assaulted three hospital staff members at Navasota (Texas) St. Joseph CHI Hospital on Feb. 7, NBC affiliate KAGS reported.