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5 evolution metrics for hospital supply chains: Gartner

The healthcare supply chain industry has evolved over the last 15 years in five significant ways, Eric O’Daffer, a Gartner research vice president, wrote in a Dec. 4 piece in Supply Chain Management Review. 

Georgia cancer institute names chief

Atlanta-based Piedmont Oncology Institute named Walter Curran Jr., MD, its new chief.

Karmanos taps vice president of cancer network

Doris Ranski-Zazula, BSN, RN, was appointed vice president of the Detroit-based Karmanos Cancer Network, part of McLaren Health Care. 

3 patients die in cancer drug trial

Three patients reportedly died in a Merus clinical trial of a new lung cancer treatment.

Elevance to launch digital pharmacy under Carelon

Elevance Health is launching CarelonRx Pharmacy, a digital and home delivery pharmacy subsidiary, in 2024.

Mayo Clinic Platform inks new partnership

Mayo Clinic Platform, Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic’s ecosystem for innovators, is teaming up with a new company to minimize the cost, time and risk associated with medtech regulatory compliance. 

Tenet, HCA, CHS, UHS: How each system ranks on pay and culture

The company culture and pay/promotion practices vary widely at the big four for-profit health systems, according to the most recent American Opportunity Index. 

U-M Health's chief digital officer sees opportunity in tech 'co-pilots'

Lansing-based University of Michigan Health’s regional chief digital information officer, Josh Wilda, is focusing on cultivating a strong digital environment and maximizing the organization’s current technologies. 

Colorado hospital names CEO

Animas Surgical Hospital, a physician-owned hospital in Durango, Colo., has named Meggin Roberts its next CEO. 

15 top health systems, per Fortune + Premier

Fortune and Premier collaborated to identify the top 15 health systems of 2023, considering clinical outcomes, operational efficiency and patient experience in the 15th edition of the list.