Henri Lamothe, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Olean, N.Y.-based Upper Allegheny Health System’s Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center and Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital. Dr. Lamothe had been serving as CMO in an interim capacity since June…
Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center has hired Joyce Oh as vice president and CIO. She will oversee health IT and help with digital transformation efforts.
Personalized cancer vaccines are a few years away from regulators’ approval and being available for the public, BioNTech co-founders Uğur Şahin, MD, PhD, and Özlem Türeci, MD, told the BBC Oct. 16.
At the World Health Summit on Oct. 16, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said it is pledging $1.2 billion to support global efforts to eradicate polio.
University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center has selected medical imaging IT company Sectra’s cloud-based service to provide imaging throughout the system’s six hospitals and nine urgent care centers.
HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte has reopened its operating rooms and some additional services following damage from Hurricane Ian, ABC affiliate WWSB reported Oct. 17.
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health signed an agreement to acquire three new Connecticut hospitals, which will improve EHR sharing for the health system, Yale Daily News reported Oct. 17.
A JAMA Network Open study found participating in Medicare’s Oncology Care Model was not associated with decreased prescribing of novel cancer therapies.
Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial HealthCare has named two presidents — one of its flagship 900-bed hospital and the other to lead its 1,300-physician medical group.
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health said Cincinnati-based TriHealth and Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health are not being affected by the ransomware attack that has plagued the hospital giant’s IT systems.
