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Eli Lilly to buy weight loss drugmaker for $1.93B

Eli Lilly has entered a definitive agreement to acquire obesity drugmaker Versanis for $1.93 billion — a move that will boost Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug treatment portfolio. 

What raises the bar for 6 hospital pharmacies

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists recently named six hospitals as centers of excellence for their medication use safety and pharmacy practice. The pharmacy leaders at these facilities shared with Becker’s their keys to earning the three…

New York system taps associate chief nursing officer

Geneva, N.Y.-based Finger Lakes Health named Gregory Hoffman-Fragale, DNP, RN, associate chief nursing officer, Finger Lakes Times reported July 15.

Hospitals, health systems facing lawsuits for data breaches

Several hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are facing lawsuits regarding data breach incidents that involved patients’ protected health information. 

ChatGPT's responses to healthcare queries on par with providers

ChatGPT responses to healthcare-related questions were on par with answers provided by healthcare providers, according to an NYU study published July 10.

Children's Hospital Association taps new CEO

Matt Cook was named CEO of the Children’s Hospital Association.

Chief nursing officers are frustrated. They also have high hopes for 2023

Chief nursing officers say they would love the opportunity to look beyond staffing to other initiatives in the second half of 2023. Unfortunately, despite innovative strategies to retain, attract — and, perhaps most important financially speaking, redu…

Cleveland Clinic CIO moves to Inova

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova has named Matthew Kull as its new chief information and digital officer. He will join the health system on Aug. 7. 

Meet one of the cancer leaders pioneering cellular therapy treatments

Michael Postow, MD, chief of melanoma service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, picked oncology because it was a place where he could make the biggest impact.

The 15-minute meeting that transformed Cleveland Clinic

When Tom Mihaljevic, MD, took over as president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic five years ago, something began to weigh heavily on his mind.