Category: ROOT

UT Austin taps Mayo Clinic leader as medical school dean

The University of Texas at Austin has named Claudia Lucchinetti, MD — a current dean and department chair at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic  — as senior vice president for medical affairs and dean of its Dell Medical School. 

Ochsner Health partners with new digital media company

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has selected the Moran Group as its digital marketing agency.

CDC to end daily COVID-19 case, death reports

Starting Oct. 20, the CDC will publish data on COVID-19 cases and deaths every Wednesday. It had been updating the figures on a daily basis since the start of the pandemic. 

Ohio hospital ‘still in the black’ despite service cut, COO says

Ravenna, Ohio, Mayor Frank Seman was concerned University Hospitals’ Portage Medical Center might shut down after it announced it will end labor and delivery services in November. Bill Benoit, COO of Cleveland-based University Hospitals’ South Market, …

Sanford Health CFO Michelle Bruhn shares current challenges, optimism for future

Hospitals and health systems across the nation are currently navigating rising operating costs, supply chain issues and staffing shortages. Many CFOs expect an upcoming recession. In spite of this, Michelle Bruhn, executive vice president, CFO and…

7 new roles for modern healthcare C-suites

As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, so must its C-suite, according to David Lubarsky, MD, CEO of Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health. 

3 eyecare acquisitions in the last 30 days

From a software acquisition to a therapeutic company, here are three eyecare acquisitions Becker’s has reported on in the last 30 days. 

Physician signing bonuses over the last 5 years

Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare laid out how signing bonuses for physicians have shifted over the last five years in their report, “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.”

Washington State University awarded $2.6M to improve infectious disease modeling

Washington State University received $2.6 million in federal funding to better understand and predict how infectious diseases behave and spread in healthcare settings and other small populations.

HCA Healthcare strengthens partnership with Tennessee State University

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare donated $1.5 million to Tennessee State University.