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HCA Florida hospital taps VP of operations

HCA Florida Englewood (Fla.) Hospital has named Shannon Piatkowski vice president of operations, effective March 3.

Baxter CEO retires following IV plant restoration

Baxter International’s CEO, president and chair, José “Joe” Almeida, abruptly retired from the medtech company Feb. 3 after nine years at the helm. 

'The future of hospital rooms': Inside UT Health's new $472M facility

UT Health San Antonio’s new $472 million hospital has rooms outfitted with technology that allows for virtual visits with up to six people and high-resolution cameras that can tell what medications a patient is taking.

CommonSpirit Health at Home names COO

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has named Charlotte Haisch, RN, as COO of its home health division. 

Banner names Seattle physician-scientist to C-suite role

Corey Casper, MD, was appointed chief research officer for Phoenix-based Banner Health, effective Jan. 27.

Sanford CEO talks Marshfield Clinic merger, integration process

On Jan. 1, Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System merged into a 56-hospital nonprofit integrated system. 

Burnout rates climb in oncology: What to know

Burnout among oncologists has risen 14% over the past decade, according to a report published Jan. 29 in JCO Oncology Advances.

4 ways heart centers are improving patient outcomes

From reducing heart risk factors to cutting mortality, heart centers across the country are homing in on ways to improve patient outcomes.

Federal health webpages pulled as healthcare braces for tariffs: 5 updates

Federal agencies recently removed specific public health data in response to an executive order on gender classification. At the same time, new tariffs on imports from Canada and China are set to take effect Feb. 4, while Mexico has reached a deal to d…

UW Medicine, Fred Hutch launch skin cancer institute

University of Washington School of Medicine and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, both based in Seattle, have launched a new institute dedicated to treating a rare, aggressive form of skin cancer.