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FDA delays enforcement of Drug Supply Chain Security Act

The Drug Supply Chain Security Act now won’t be enacted until November 2024, allowing pharmacies another year to prepare to comply with the law’s drug distribution security requirements. 

Michigan Medicine implementing a new data analytics platform for labs

Michigan Medicine, based in Ann Arbor, signed a three-year agreement with Hc1 Insights to make its data analytics platform the single source system for its laboratory division.

New Mexico health system automates nursing workforce

Presbyterian Healthcare Services, based in Albuquerque, N.M., is implementing ShiftMed’s platform that will act as an on-demand workforce marketplace for local nurses.

UC Davis Health piloting digital program for opioid surveillance

UC Davis Health’s Digital CoLab, along with the CDC Foundation and the Boston Children’s Hospital, launched a digital pilot program that allows public health officials to use a surveillance dashboard to track opioid overdoses nationwide.

Wyoming system names CFO

Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Health System has named Yvonne Wigington CFO. 

What 3 systems say about inflation in their earnings report

Even as the Federal Reserve’s consumer price index shows inflation dropping, health systems say they are still seeing the lingering effects of higher prices in their earnings reports.

Missouri hospital rehires former CFO

Salem (Mo.) Memorial District Hospital named Doug Hoban CFO, The Salem News reported Aug. 29. 

Providence nurses to receive 18% raises

Registered nurses at Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka (Calif.) and at Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna, Calif., have approved a new labor contract. 

Yale researchers find possible new route for cancer treatment

New Haven, Conn.-based Yale researchers found removing extra chromosomes from cancer cells inhibits tumor formation and could be a new route for cancer treatment.

The career backgrounds of 3 CFOs recently hired for CEO roles

Several hospitals have recently appointed former CFOs to CEO roles. Here are the work histories of three recent CFO-to-CEO hires: