Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems are seeking CFOs for several hospitals.
Category: ROOT
Centura Health appoints chief clinical officer
Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health has named Oswaldo Grenardo, MD, senior vice president and chief clinical officer, effective Oct. 16.
New at-home kit could detect breast cancer
Fayetteville, Ark.-based Namida Lab launched the first at-home product that could detect breast cancer using tears, news station KFOR reported Oct. 13.
Providence hospital settles allegations it failed to accommodate injured worker
Providence Centralia (Wash.) Hospital, part of Renton, Wash.-based Providence, has agreed to settle a lawsuit with a former employee who alleged the hospital refused to accommodate limitations caused by an on-the-job injury, The Chronicle reported…
Walgreens beats sales expectation in Q4: 3 notes
Walgreens Boots Alliance’s fourth quarter ended better than expected, the company said Oct. 13, with its sales accumulating $132.7 billion in its 2022 fiscal year.
Novavax’s prototype vaccine effective against omicron variants, study finds
In a late-stage trial, Novavax’s prototype COVID-19 vaccine increased neutralizing antibody titers up to 34 times higher than primary vaccination among adults, with a “significant boost” against omicron variants and subvariants BA.1, BA.2 and BA.5.
Maryland endoscopy provider opens 323,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Mexico
Columbia, Md.-based single-use endoscopy developer Ambu has opened a 323,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to ramp up supply production.
2 recent hospital, health system bankruptcy filings
In the last two weeks, a seven-hospital health system with facilities in California, Texas and Illinois, and a 90-bed acute care hospital in Pennsylvania have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy:
Integrating cloud technology into healthcare workloads: How to surpass barriers and minimize risks
Conversations regarding modernizing health IT inevitably lead to what role the various flavors of cloud will play, and how best to utilize these technologies within Healthcare institutions.
Medical City Lewisville appoints CEO
John Walker was selected as the next CEO of Medical City Lewisville (Texas).
