Barbara Martin, BSN, RN, was appointed president of Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.).
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Beth Israel hospital nurses approve labor deal
Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association at Newburyport, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Anna Jaques Hospital have approved a new three-year contract.
Another Oregon system sued over charity care
St. Charles Health System, a private nonprofit system in Bend, Ore., has been named in a lawsuit after allegedly denying charity care to eligible patients, according to The Lund Report.
Children's Hospital Colorado taps chief quality officer
Lalit Bajaj, MD, has assumed the role of chief quality officer of Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Sutter Health Oakland hospital could close by 2030
Oakland, Calif.-based Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, part of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, could close by 2030, KRON reported Feb. 27.
Multiple hospital groups point to opioid crisis for financial struggles
Over 20 hospitals and affiliated companies have united in multidistrict litigation that suggests in a complaint that drug distributors, pharmacies and other entities have contributed to the opioid epidemic, which has negatively affected hospital financ…
TriStar hospital taps CEO
TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., has named Nick Howald CEO.
Vanderbilt appoints executive medical director of supply chain services
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center appointed William Obremskey, MD, as its executive medical director of supply chain services.
One Medical CEO: Layoffs not related to Amazon acquisition
Amazon recently announced that it would lay off a few hundred employees at One Medical as well as switch up a leadership position, but One Medical CEO Trent Green told The Washington Post that the moves are not related to the acquisition by Amazon.&nbs…
Epic in the last 30 days
From adding more hospitals and health systems to its EHR system to diving into spatial computing with Apple, here are 11 updates on Epic’s operations, software products and partnerships reported on by Becker’s Hospital Review in February:
