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Baylor Scott & White Health leader to be CNO of Woman's Hospital of Texas

Michelle Stemley, DNP, RN, plans to leave her vice president role at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth (Texas) and become the chief nursing officer of The Woman’s Hospital of Texas in Houston, according to a news release share…

Indiana system taps hospital director as CMO

Danville, Ind.-based Hendricks Regional Health named Ryan Van Donselaar, DO, its next chief medical officer. He will assume the role July 24. 

Oschner to rollout ChatGPT model next month

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health is preparing to roll out a limited ChatGPT technology that can help its clinicians answer emails, The Advocate reported July 20. 

Arbitrator strikes down flu vaccine requirement for Allina union workers

Members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa at Minneapolis-based Allina Health will no longer be subject to a policy change making the flu vaccine a condition of employment, the health system and union confirmed to Becker’s.

4 ways boards can influence quality and safety, per MGH's former chief quality officer

Hospital boards are responsible for plenty of high-level duties, and while their overall role may vary depending on an organization’s size and type, quality and safety should be infused into all of the areas they oversee, according to the former chief …

Methodist Healthcare eyes $100M San Antonio hospital expansion

Growth on San Antonio’s far north side has Methodist Healthcare eying an expansion project at its Stone Oak hospital in the city, the San Antonio Business Journal reported July 19.  

Georgia county approves up to $375M for new hospital

Columbia County, Ga., approved a contract of up to $375 million in bonds for the construction of a new Augusta (Ga.) University Health hospital, after the health system completes its merger with Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health, The Augusta Chr…

Physician turnover jumped 43 percent in 8 years: 4 notes

New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found that the annual rate for physician turnover increased by 43 percent between 2010 and 2018, though it decreased slightly in 2020.

Nurse practitioner abused dozens of patients: FBI

The FBI arrested a California nurse practitioner suspected of abusing more than a dozen boys and men since 1986, The Sacramento Bee reported July 19.

States with the best, worst rates of nursing facility warnings

Illinois has the highest percentage of nursing facilities with actual harm or immediate jeopardy warnings while Maine has the lowest.