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Henry Ford Health, Acadia tap CEO for new Michigan behavioral health hospital

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health and Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare have named Emily Sexton, MSN, RN, as CEO of West Bloomfield, Mich.-based Henry Ford Behavioral Health Hospital.

Why 1 health system is moving IT operations back in-house

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth recently decided to move its IT operations back in-house in a bid to create one structure with “stronger synergies,” Patrick Murfee, vice president and chief technology officer of the organization, told Becker’s.

The unique perspectives of healthcare leaders under 40

Leaders of all backgrounds bring varying styles and perspectives to roles at hospitals and health systems. This includes the next generation of healthcare leaders, who bring their own approaches to the issues they focus on each day, including philanthr…

Massachusetts governor tells Steward to transfer its hospitals ASAP

As Massachusetts lawmakers continue to express their concerns over Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s financial troubles, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has written a new letter to the health system’s CEO, Ralph de la Torre, MD, pushing for finan…

States by NPs per capita: 2024

Tennessee has the most active nurse practitioners per capita of any state, while Hawaii has the fewest for the second year in a row, according to a ranking from KFF. 

Usual approach 'not enough': 8 healthcare execs rethinking financial health

Health system executives are making innovative and transformational moves to improve the financial health of their organizations. They’re intentionally pushing teams to think outside of the box for new solutions to old problems, and seeing positive res…

The tide is turning on healthcare megamergers

Proposed healthcare mergers and acquisitions are continuing to face backlash from hospital and physician groups along with state and federal lawmakers — signaling a turn of the tide against megadeals. 

Louisiana health system names CEO

Opelousas (La.) General Health System has selected Lance Armentor as its new president and CEO, effective April 1. 

Apparent murder-suicide ends in Wisconsin hospital: Police

An 85-year-old man fatally shot himself in a Wisconsin hospital’s emergency room after allegedly shooting and killing his wife at their home, according to local authorities.

'Incivility' comes through healthcare's doors every day, Inova CEO says

The healthcare workforce is dealing with challenges that are more severe than they were even two or three years ago, Inova Health CEO J. Stephen Jones, MD, recently told Becker’s.