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10 recent hospital, health system CEO moves

The following hospital and health system CEO moves have been reported by Becker’s since Oct. 11: 

IBM begins installing healthcare quantum computer at Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic and IBM are deploying a healthcare quantum computer at the hospital’s main campus. 

Amazon releases healthcare compliance accelerator

Amazon Web Services launched a new healthcare-specific accelerator aimed at reducing the effort and complexity involved in supporting healthcare compliance efforts.

CIOs make cybersecurity top investment as threats rise

As companies and organizations continue to face an escalation in cyberattacks, CIOs say their top investment priority in 2023 will be cybersecurity, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 17. 

Cedars-Sinai joins $31M investment for firm aiming to treat muscular dystrophy, cancer

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai joined a $31 million funding round for Vita Therapeutics, a company that uses genetics to develop new cellular therapies to treat muscular dystrophy and cancer.

HCA using ‘Zen lounges’ to help nurses fight burnout

A survey of nurses at HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake (Texas) revealed its nurses were burnt out. One-quarter were considering leaving the profession, 58 percent reported depressive symptoms and 65 percent reported burnout. HCA Houston is responding …

New Mexico ASC adds 2 knee replacement robots as industry competition heats up

New Mexico Surgery Center Orthopaedics, a 27-physician ASC in Albuquerque, installed the first two Rosa Knee robots in the state, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported Oct. 17

Strike looms at Connecticut hospital

Members of WCMH United Employees, AFT Local 5099, are set to begin a two-day strike Oct. 24 at Hartford HealthCare’s Windham Hospital in Willimantic, Conn.

Icahn School of Medicine receives $55.5M grant

The National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences awarded $55.5 million to the New York-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

33% of jobseekers will not interview without knowing the salary

Thirty-three percent of job-seekers will not go into an interview without knowing the salary upfront, according to an Oct. 18 report from CNBC based on a survey of 2,000 U.S. adults that have job hunted in the last five years.