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Texas hospital selects Meditech

Victoria, Texas-based Citizens Medical Center is installing Meditech Expanse as its EHR. 

Children's Wisconsin marketing exec to take sabbatical

Tricia Geraghty, chief marketing and experience officer at Children’s Wisconsin, said she will be taking a one-year career sabbatical effective in October, Milwaukee Business Journal reported Sept. 26.  

California law to protect clinicians offering out-of-state abortion care

California clinicians who provide abortion, contraception or gender-affirming care services to out-of-state patients will be offered legal protections under a new law that takes effect in 2024. 

Revamped heart program taps new leader

The Miami Transplant Institute’s heart transplant program, which was shuttered from March to July, has named Hari Mallidi, MD, as chief, the Miami Herald reported Sept. 27.

26% of Americans have 1 of these 3 conditions: Study

A recent study found 26.3 percent of American adults have at least one cardiac, renal or metabolic condition, and 1.5 percent have all three.

IU Health to lay off 84

Indianapolis-based IU Health confirmed it is laying off 84 employees from its Blackford Hospital because of declining patient volumes.

HCA Houston hospital names CFO

Melissa Mendoza has been named CFO of HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center, effective Sept. 11.

Hospitals' rocky road to recovery

Many healthcare leaders have said that 2022 was among the most financially challenging years hospitals and health systems have had to face, and that recovery remains challenging, according to a Sept. 27 report from the American Hospital Association.

Alaska hospital hires 3rd leader in less than 2 months

Ian Worden was selected as the new interim CEO of Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska.

Bon Secours Mercy Health's 3 ACOS created $66.3M in Medicare savings

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health’s three accountable care organizations created $66.3 million in total savings in 2022, according to a Sept. 27 health system news release.