UT Health East Texas has named Zach Dietze CEO of its Tyler hospital.
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West Virginia hospital names COO, VP of finance
Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant, W.Va., has named a new COO and vice president of finance, nearly six months after it was acquired by Huntington, W.Va.-based Mountain Health Network.
Stanford to investigate president over research misconduct allegations
Stanford (Calif.) University’s board of trustees has opened an investigation into its president amid allegations that at least four research papers he co-authored may contain altered images, according to a Dec. 1 report from The Washington Post.
Integra acquires Northwestern surgical spinoff for $140M
Integra Life Sciences will pay as much as $140 million to acquire Surgical Innovation Associates, a spinoff company of Evanston, Ill.-based Northwestern University.
Atrium, Advocate Aurora complete merger
Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health closed on their formal combination Dec. 2, resulting in a newly combined $27 billion, 67-hospital system called Advocate Health — the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the U.S.
Structured patient handoffs cut adverse effects by nearly 50%, researchers find
The I-PASS Handoff Program, created to improve handoff miscommunications when providers change shifts, resulted in a 47 percent reduction in adverse events, a new study found.
UC Davis generates $12.5B+ in statewide economic activity, report finds
An economic impact analysis of how direct employment and spending by Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis affects the local, regional and statewide economies found that the university generated $12.56 billion in statewide economic activity and supported 6…
17 ophthalmology updates in the last 30 days
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'I'm not sure if the healthcare landscape has ever seen a storm like this one,' surgeon says
Spine surgeon Philip Louie, MD, medical director of research and academics at Seattle-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, joined Becker’s to discuss what he wishes his coworkers knew about his job.
