Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare has reached its original fundraising goal of $22.5 million and is increasing the objective to $30 million, the Cape Gazette reported Oct. 30.
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Crozer Health raises pay for 730 workers
Members of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals within Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer Health approved new one-year contract extension agreements.
The factors slowing healthcare finance's digital transformation
Forty-seven percent of finance leaders plan to invest in technology to cut costs, but digital transformation has also come with obstacles, according to a recent report.
CUNY halts professor's Alzheimer's drug research amid investigation
After suspecting manipulated results in clinical trials for simufilam, an Alzheimer’s drug, by Hoau-Yan Wang, PhD, a neuroscience professor at the City College of New York, the City University of New York announced Oct. 27 it is conducting an investiga…
FDA approves new head and neck cancer drug
The FDA granted approval Oct. 27 for toripalimab-tpzi, a new drug therapy for head and neck cancer patients.
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses names chief clinical officer
Nationally-known patient safety expert Vicki Good, DNP, RN, has been selected by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses as its next chief clinical officer.
Mississippi hospital taps former Ascension exec as chief nursing officer
Brenda Carroll, MSN, RN, has been named the chief nursing officer of Merit Health Wesley in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Ascension Via Christi to close Kansas ED
Ascension Via Christi on Dec. 20 will cease operations at its emergency department in Fort Scott, Kan., which has seen a steady decline in patient visits and its overall average daily census.
UNC Health chief nurse executive to retire
UNC Health’s chief nurse executive, Cathy Madigan, DNP, FN, will retire Nov. 17, the Chapel Hill, N.C.-based system said in a LinkedIn post.
Medical devicemaker reports 1 death, 10 injuries from surgical product
Olympus, a medical supply company based in Pennsylvania, warned customers that its High Flow Insufflation Unit may suddenly over-inflate air into a patient’s body without a warning. One death and 10 serious injuries have been reported to the FDA.
