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Wife of Florida health system CEO arrested, charged with nurse battery

A woman was arrested after police said she kicked two nurses at a hospital within Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System, of which her husband serves as CEO.

Vanderbilt clinical services executive to retire

Jim Hayman will retire as executive vice president of shared clinical services at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Dec. 31.

California system taps CFO

Temecula, Calif.-based Southwest Healthcare has named Chris Tiongson CFO, according to his LinkedIn page. 

Mobile stroke units tied to higher chances of averting stroke

Patients who receive care in a mobile stroke unit may have a better chance of averting a stroke and complete recovery relative to those who receive standard hospital emergency care, new research suggests. 

CDC advisory panel OKs Pfizer's 5 in 1 meningitis vaccine

The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices formally recommended Pfizer’s meningitis vaccine Oct. 25, five days after the FDA granted it full approval.

'Six-dimensional chess': Hospitals' statements on Israel show delicate nature of responding to tragedies

Some hospitals and health systems are being criticized for what they did — or didn’t say — about the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Boston Globe reported.

Hospital exploring Pennsylvania alliance affiliation

Kittanning, Pa.-based Armstrong County Memorial Hospital is weighing whether to become part of DuBois-based Pennsylvania Mountains Care Alliance, a collaborative of independent community hospitals, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Oct. 26. 

Mercy Iowa City's sale delay harming community, orthopedic group says

Stalling by Mercy Iowa City hospital authorities over the facility’s sale is causing employees to leave and patients to cancel procedures, according to the orthopedic group operating at the bankrupt hospital in an Oct. 25 report from The Gazette.

MedStar researchers 'mine' for drug errors with machine learning

Most “close calls” of medication errors are not analyzed because most organizations manually review mistakes that lead to patient harm. Researchers at Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health used machine learning to fix this lack of insight. 

Sutter, AstraZeneca launch app for chemo management

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca will launch an app this winter to help cancer patients manage and track chemotherapy drugs more easily.