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LifeBridge Health names Dr. David Graham chief medical information officer

Baltimore, Md.-based LifeBridge Health has named David Graham, MD, as chief medical information officer.

Lee Health taps Lifepoint executive as new VP

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health has named Dana Begley its new vice president of wellness and recovery, a role she took over in late October. 

University of Pennsylvania Health System names chief nurse executive

The University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia has tapped James Ballinghoff, DNP, RN, to serve as chief nurse executive, effective Dec. 1. 

MD Anderson VC arm joins $25M funding round for cancer drug company

Cancer Focus Fund, a venture capital arm of Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has joined a $25 million series A funding round for Nectin Therapeutics, which develops novel immunotherapies.

Employee inappropriately accessed Nevada hospital’s EHR system

An employee of University Medical Center of Southern Nevada inappropriately accessed its EHR system, allowing the individual to gain access to 1,861 patients medical records. 

Arkansas health system suffers data breach; 85K patients impacted

Mena (Ark.) Regional Health System is notifying patients that an unauthorized party has accessed its systems and removed a limited number of files that may have contained their personal information. 

With 95% efficacy, drug could eradicate rare sleeping sickness, researchers say

Although African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, has fallen in prominence to become extremely rare, the drug acoziborole may help the World Health Organization’s goal of eradicating the parasitic disease by 2030, according to research…

 $3B for the most expensive ASC projects in 2022 

Here are 10 of the most expensive ASC projects in 2022, totaling more than $3 billion:

'The standard of medicine in this country will continue to decline': 4 leaders on reimbursements

Here are four leaders’ thoughts on reimbursements:

What we heard this month from ASC leaders: November 

From GI tech to payer behavior, here are three ASC leaders on the industry: