Sparrow Health System President and CEO James Dover is stepping down from the Lansing, Mich.-based organization, effective Sept. 15.
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Why America's best-paid physicians are in South Dakota
America’s top-earning physicians practice in some unexpected pockets of the country.
Nursing school taps VR for mass casualty training
Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, is using virtual reality to teach nursing students how to respond during mass-casualty situations, the Standard-Examiner reported Aug. 10.
Nursing needs investment, not 'thoughts and prayers,' advocate says
Proper investment in nursing is what is needed and not empty executive platitudes, says Rebecca Love, MSN, RN, TedTalk speaker and chief clinical officer for nursing agency IntelyCare.
Novo Nordisk to buy obesity drugmaker for up to $1B
Denmark-based Novo Nordisk plans to acquire Inversago Pharma for up to $1.8 billion dollars, depending on whether the clinical-stage obesity drugmaker meets certain development and sales milestones.
Nutex Health to open 16 microhospitals over the next 2 years
Houston-based Nutex Health, a micro-hospital network, plans to open one to two more microhospitals this year and 14 more by the end of 2025.
Maine hospital combines COO, CFO roles
Cary Medical Center in Caribou, Maine, is combining the CFO and COO roles into one position.
HHS warns hospitals about 'smishing'
One of the latest ways hackers are getting into hospital and health system IT networks is through “smishing,” or phishing via text messages, HHS reported Aug. 10.
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Purdue Pharma's $6B opioid settlement
The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a national settlement with Purdue Pharma on Aug. 11 that would have shielded Sackler family owners from additional civil suits over the opioid epidemic and limited personal liability to $6 billion, The New York Tim…
Americans' level of concern about healthcare AI, by generation
Older Americans are more concerned than their younger counterparts about artificial intelligence being used in their healthcare, business analytics firm Morning Consult reported.
