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Orlando Health hospital names president

Orlando (Fla.) Health has named Maggie Bonko president of its Horizon West Hospital in Winter Garden, Fla. 

5 high-profile health IT acquisitions in 2022

Here are five key health IT acquisitions that have been announced or have closed in 2022.

3 health systems seeking chief technology officers

Below are three hospitals and health systems that posted job listings in the past month seeking chief technology officers.

$7.4M Tennessee medical office building sold to PE firm

A medical office building in Chattanooga, Tenn., has sold to a real estate private equity firm for $7.4 million, Times Free Press reported Nov. 21. 

Surgery Partners snags $800M equity offering

Surgery Partners has snagged an $800 million equity offering, the Brentwood, Tenn.-based ASC chain said Nov. 21. 

34% of healthcare employees still fear catching COVID-19 at work

While fear among U.S. workers of catching COVID-19 on the job has faded during the pandemic, this fear remains a factor for about 1 in 4 employed adults, Gallup finds.  

Northern Lakes Surgery Center names new director

Moose Lake, Minn.-based Northern Lakes Surgery Center, set to open in 2023, has named Jacque Volk, NP, as its director, according to a Nov. 22 report from BusinessNorth. 

3D-printed ulcerative colitis treatment receives FDA clearance to start clinical trials

Nanjing, China-based Triastek, a pharmaceutical company, has received FDA investigational new drug clearance to begin clinical studies on its 3D-printed medicine, T21, designed to treat ulcerative colitis. 

Illness-causing fungi spreading across US

Researchers found more than 10 percent of fungal infections are diagnosed outside regions where the pathogens were known to be endemic, NBC News reported Nov. 21.

ECU Health names Dr. Trish Baise chief nursing executive

Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health named Trish Baise, DNP, RN, its first chief nursing executive.