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Woodside Health acquires Georgia medical office buildings

Woodside Health has acquired two medical office buildings totaling 80,000 square feet in Suwanee, Ga., according to a March 10 report from Commercial Property Executive.

How the gastroenterology gender gap has changed since 2010

Since 2010, over half of practicing gastroenterologists in the U.S. have been women, according to data from career website Zippia.

5 health system digital chief exits for industry

Several high profile chief digital officers and digital leaders have left their health system roles for positions with industry disruptors and startups in the last year.

4 new ASCs this week

Here are four newly opened or announced ASCs reported on by Becker’s since March 2:

COVID-19's toll 3 years in: 6 notes

March 11 marks three years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. At that time, there were only 118,000 cases reported worldwide.

CEO named for RWJBarnabas Health hospital

Nancy DiLiegro, PhD, was named president and CEO of Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, N.J., part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health.

Myth dispelled: Physicians can openly discuss EHR issues, AMA says

Physicians can openly discuss EHR issues involving the usability of the technology, the American Medical Association said.

Medicaid expansion would relieve North Carolina rural hospitals' financial woes, UNC Health physician says

A UNC Health Southeastern physician said the state’s Medicaid expansion plan would provide relief to struggling rural hospitals, Spectrum News reported March 10.   

Flu shot may reduce risk for strep A, CDC says

After historic declines of the virus, cases of the highly infectious strain of group A Streptococcus spiked in the fall of 2022, drawing concern from experts. Now, the CDC says the flu vaccine may reduce the risk for strep A.

A physician leader saw 'chaos' with 'recycled' administrators, so he's charting a new course

When David Levine, MD, took over full time in January as chief medical officer of Fisher-Titus Health in Norwalk, Ohio, he decided it was time to “stop doing things the way they’ve always been done.”