St. Albans, Vt.-based Northwestern Medical Center has named Peter Wright its CEO.
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HCA names CEO for 2 Virginia hospitals
Lance Jones was named CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s Chippenham and Johnston–Willis hospitals, both in Richmond, Va.
New York hospital turns away patients for 3rd time in a few weeks
Gloversville, N.Y.-based Nathan Littauer Hospital was forced to turn away patients for the third time in less than a month amid a surge in seasonal infections such as influenza and an uptick in COVID-19 cases, according to a Daily Gazette report Dec. 9.
Medical equipment company CEO gets 80 months for $50M fraud scheme
Tanya Grant, 51, was sentenced Dec. 8 for a healthcare fraud scheme carried out through two companies she controlled between 2017 and 2021.
University Hospitals closing last open unit at Ohio hospital
University Hospitals’ Richmond Heights (Ohio) Medical Center will close its behavioral health unit, the last unit in operation at the hospital, on Dec. 17, according to cleveland.com.
GE Healthcare to cut debt, explore acquisitions after spinoff
GE Healthcare is looking to cut debt, bring down costs and pursue tuck-in acquisitions after it spins off from GE in January, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 8.
Weill Cornell CIO Dr. Curtis Cole named university's 1st chief global information officer
Curtis Cole, MD, CIO for New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine, has been named inaugural vice president and chief global information officer of Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cornell University.
10 biggest healthcare moves from Google in 2022
From entering into an agreement with EHR vendor Epic to helping some of the biggest health systems improve health equity through data, Google is continuing its push into the healthcare industry.
New York hospital network still recovering after a November cybersecurity incident
New York City-based One Brooklyn Health’s hospitals are still working to fully restore some of its IT and EHR systems after a November cybersecurity incident caused three of its hospitals to shut them down, GovInfoSecurity reported Dec. 8.
Cedars-Sinai workers to strike
Members of Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West are set to begin a five-day strike Dec. 12 at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey (Calif.) Hospital.
