Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has opened a new centralized “Mission Control Center,” marking the first time since the initiative’s 2017 launch that all technology and coordination teams have been housed in one location.
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Children's National Hospital promotes nursing leader
Tara Floyd, BSN, RN, is now the inaugural vice president and association chief nursing officer at Children’s National Hospital.
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center names CFO
Palm Beach Gardens (Fla.) Medical Center has named Marko Serrano Jr. CFO.
Encompass names Delaware hospital CEO
Dustin McFarland, MSN, RN, has been tapped as CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Middletown (Del.).
Sentara hospital to close pediatric unit
Sentara RMH Medical Center in Harrisonburg, Va., will close its pediatric unit at the end of September, though officials emphasize the hospital will continue to provide care for children in the emergency department and make safe transfers when necessar…
GLP-1s could prevent 34K strokes, heart attacks annually: Report
Wegovy and similar medicines have the potential to significantly reduce the risk of strokes and heart attacks in “clinically silent patients,” according to research from Dandelion Health.
South Carolina hospital ends 6-year effort to open facility
After a six-year legal battle, Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital has withdrawn its certificate of need for a planned hospital in Bluffton, S.C., the hospital confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s.
Christus to reopen shuttered Steward hospital 'in the coming months'
Christus Health is taking over the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Beaumont, Texas, and plans to reopen the facility “in the coming months,” according to a Sept. 18 news release shared with Becker’s.
UC Davis opens blood draw clinic for neurodevelopment patients
UC Davis Health opened a special blood draw clinic for children with autism, Down syndrome and neurodevelopmental conditions.
AI tools could fight the loneliness endemic
AI chatbots could help fight the loneliness endemic, Julian De Freitas, PhD, assistant professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School, wrote in an article for The Wall Street Journal.
