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Why Michael Dowling cuts his own hedges: Nuggets of wisdom from Northwell's CEO

With healthcare being a 24/7/365 business, Michael Dowling, CEO of Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, N.Y., said hospital CEOs have a responsibility to be both visible and available to their staff around the clock. Not only is he always just a phone ca…

3 hospital openings

Health systems in Minnesota, California and Florida opened up new hospitals.

Northwestern surgeons perform rare 'flipped organ' lung transplants

Surgeons at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine have successfully performed double lung transplants on two patients with situs inversus, a rare condition in which patients’ organs in the chest and abdomen organs are in a mirror image of their normal po…

5 digital health companies laying off workers

Large tech disruptors such as Amazon and smaller digital health companies have laid off workers as the industry experiences post-COVID-19 churn.

'We need it now': Experts worry over timeline for new COVID-19 shots

Some experts are concerned that new COVID-19 shots that would be more effective at preventing severe disease from current circulating strains than the existing bivalent booster won’t be ready soon enough. 

HCA Florida hospital appoints chief medical officer

Sherrie Somers, DO, has been named the new chief medical officer of HCA Florida’s North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, according to an Aug. 7 news release.

HCA Florida hospital appoints chief medical officer

Sherrie Somers, DO, has been named the new chief medical officer of HCA Florida’s North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, according to an Aug. 7 news release.

Idaho system reports almost halved contract labor but higher overall expenses

Coeur D’Alene, Idaho-based Kootenai Health has reduced its contract labor costs significantly so far in 2023, but its labor and overall expenses still increased in the first six months of the year.

UMass Memorial maternity ward closure complicated by state

The Massachusetts Department of Health determined that UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital Leominster (Ma.) Campus’ maternity ward is an essential service, complicating plans from the system to close it. 

West Virginia system eyes end to 'human error' with new pharmacy tool

Three of Mon Health System’s four hospitals are implementing a software that uses barcoding and cameras to verify sterile compounding doses, the Morgantown, W.Va.-based system said Aug. 9.