Dozens of hospital and health system CEOs announced their upcoming retirements in 2023. When they leave the industry, they will take decades’ worth of wisdom and experience with them.
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Premier Health sells headquarters building for $5.5M
Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health has sold the building that houses its downtown headquarters for more than $5.5 million to Dayton-based Arkham Blue, an Ohio limited liability company, according to a limited warranty deed shared by the Montgomery Count…
Rady Children's, CHOC plan to merge
After years of collaboration, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and Orange, Calif.-based Children’s Hospital of Orange County plan to merge and form a single parent entity called Rady Children’s Health.
Hackensack Meridian hospital is New Jersey’s 1st care center for obesity medicine
Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s bariatric surgery center in Neptune Township, N.J., is the first in the state to receive comprehensive adolescent and obesity medicine qualifications from a joint Quality Program led by the A…
State coordination centers boost load balancing in healthcare
The formation and utilization of state capacity coordination centers across the U.S. largely ramped up as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but continuing their use could benefit the healthcare system, a new report published Dec. 20 in the New England…
States trash PPE stockpiles worth tens of millions: AP
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, states scrambled to secure masks, medical gowns and other personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. Much of those items have sat in stockpiles and with product expiration dates approaching, states are…
Physician viewpoint: US healthcare system is underprepared for terrorist attacks
Hospital closures, cyberattacks and care delays reflect that the American healthcare system is already strained. In the case of a large-scale emergency, like a terrorist attack, it could crumble, three physicians argued in an op-ed published to Forbes …
UAB Health taps chief physician executive
Cheri Canon, MD, has been named as the next president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation and chief physician executive of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System.
Ohio health system CEO to retire
Lorraine Lutton, president and CEO of Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, will retire in April 2024 after four years at the helm of the four-hospital system.
Top hospitals for patient safety, according to women
The Women’s Choice Award has released its annual list of the Best Hospitals for Patient Safety, recognizing 510 hospitals with a low incidence of surgical errors and infections.
