Cleveland Clinic Mentor (Ohio) Hospital opened on July 11, becoming the city of Mentor’s first hospital and the health system’s first in Lake County.
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UCSF Health digital chief departs for healthcare AI company
Aaron Neinstein, MD, the former vice president of digital health at San Francisco-based UCSF Health, has left the health system to join healthcare artificial intelligence company Notable.
'Like the system on steroids': Private equity's hold on the healthcare market
The American Antitrust Institute found that in 2021, a single private equity firm owned more than half of practices in 13 percent of urban markets, while in 28 percent of the market, a single firm held 30 percent of practices.
Dr. Melissa Austin sworn in as new Walter Reed president
U.S. Navy Capt. Melissa Austin, MD, was sworn in as the new director of Bethesda, Md.-based Walter Reed National Military Medical Center July 5.
The CEO in favor of nurse staffing legislation
In a break from most hospitals’ stance on mandating staffing standards, Penn Medicine is urging state legislators to pass a bill that would require hospitals to follow minimum nurse-to-patient ratios.
Georgia health system appoints inaugural CIO
Brunswick-based Southeast Georgia Health System has named its first CIO.
Children's hospitals' financials stumble but remain relatively robust: Fitch
While median cash flow metrics at the nation’s children’s hospitals may have declined to their lowest level in ten years, their median ratings are superior compared with acute care health systems, Fitch said in a July 10 report.
UConn Health launches CEO search after reevaluating leadership structure
Following an evaluation of leadership structure, Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health will begin a national search for a CEO in the coming weeks.
Lessons 5 health system executives learned from other leaders
“We’ve all had to make tough decisions,” wrote Terry Shaw, president and CEO of AdventHealth in a July 6 LinkedIn post. “Sometimes we might even look back and wonder whether we did the right thing.”
CVS-owned pharma company to lay off 195 workers
Heartland Healthcare Services, a pharmacy company owned by CVS Health and HCR-ManorCare, plans to close two facilities and lay off 195 workers in Ohio and Maryland, according to WARN filings.
