The Texas Hospital Association is pushing back against a bill on the state senate floor that was introduced this week that would prevent employers from enforcing COVID-19 vaccination policies.
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Pipeline Health now a 4-hospital system
El Segundo, Calif.-based Pipeline Health is now a four-hospital system — all of which are in the Los Angeles area —- after it completed the sale of White Rock Medical Center in Dallas to Heights Healthcare of Texas.
UnityPoint, Presbyterian call off merger
Albuquerque, N.M.-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services and West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health have called off a planned $11 billion merger, the two systems said Oct. 11.
ChristianaCare names chief compliance officer
Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare has tapped Gregory Ehardt as senior vice president and chief compliance officer.
Kansas hospital appoints CNO, VP of patient care
Salina (Kan.) Regional Health Center has named Bethanie McDowell, MSN, RN, as its new chief nursing officer and the vice president of patient care, KSAL reported Oct. 10.
LifeSpan CEO says preventing cyberattacks takes 'brutal effort'
John Fernandez, president and CEO of LifeSpan, based in Providence, R.I., said hospitals and health systems are getting attacked by cybersecurity events daily, WPRI reported Oct. 10.
Illinois health system moves to commercialize app
OSF HealthCare, based in Peoria, Ill., inked a licensing agreement with Summit Venture Studio to bring medical training software created by OSF Innovation to market.
McLeod Health Dillon names chief nursing officer
McLeod Health Dillon (S.C.) has named Kasey Bustamante, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer and assistant vice president of quality and safety.
UVA Health selects chief pharmacy officer
Danielle Griggs, PharmD, will be the chief pharmacy officer of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health, effective Oct. 18.
2 in 3 healthcare organizations' supply chains attacked: Report
Nearly two-thirds of healthcare organizations suffered an attack on their supply chain over the last 12 months, according to a report from the Ponemon Institute and cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.
