Women CFOs are having a positive effect on companies across industries and driving financial success within their organizations.

Almost 100 nurses could lose their jobs if MetroWest Medical Center moves forward with plans to end inpatient services at Natick, Mass.-based Leonard Morse Hospital, a Massachusetts Nurses Association spokesperson told MetroWest Daily News.

Toby Cosgrove, MD, former president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, has joined home-based and post-acute care solutions provider CareCentrix as a strategic adviser. 

CommonSpirit Health CEO Kevin Lofton, who jointly leads the Chicago-based organization with CEO Lloyd Dean, is retiring from his administrative role, effective June 30.

S&P Global Ratings released a report Jan. 21 detailing its predictions for the pharmacy benefit manager industry in 2020. 

Fortune has finalized its 2020 list of "World's Most Admired Companies."

A program at Houston Methodist Hospital emphasizing the use of over-the-counter medication to manage patients' pain after surgery has helped the hospital reduce opioid prescriptions from 87 percent to about 10 percent, according to a study published in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

Cardinal Health issued a voluntary recall of 9.1 million surgical gowns, a company spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.

Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia installed online voter registration kiosks in its emergency department this month to help boost the number of registered voters in the state, reports Philly Mag.

Below are seven hospitals and health systems currently looking to fill leadership roles pertaining to data and analytics.

Alphabet's life sciences subsidiary Verily was granted 510(k) clearance from the FDA on Jan. 17 for a feature enabling irregular pulse detection by its Study Watch wearable device, according to an FDA notice.

Amid continued debate over transparency in how organizations use consumers' data, executives from Salesforce and PayPal advocated for new regulations to protect consumer privacy during a panel at the 2020 World Economic Forum, CNBC reports.

Hims & Hers, a telemedicine startup that offers direct-to-consumer pharmacy and wellness products, is launching in all 50 states, according to a Jan. 22 Fast Company report.

University of Arkansas Medical Sciences in Little Rock is planning to make telehealth services available 24/7 to urgent care patients by spring, according to a Jan. 20 Talk Business & Politics report.

The Virginia Telecommunication Initiative will grant more than $18.3 million to fund 12 broadband expansion projects across the state, according to a Jan. 22 Virginia Business report.

Whether applied to medical research or establishing a more comprehensive view of patient populations, healthcare data is being used in a multitude of ways by Silicon Valley, according to a recent Nature report.

Texas Health Resources, a nonprofit, faith-based system, comprises 27 hospitals, more than 80 outpatient facilities, a jointly owned health plan and more than 250 clinics and physicians' offices. In 2020, Executive Vice President and CFO Rick McWhorter will help prepare the system for new reporting requirements and make price transparency one of his top priorities.

Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cape Fear Valley Health System is apologizing for billing patients for rape test kits, according to The Fayetteville Observer.

Six hospitals and health systems since Dec. 12 have advanced, completed or started facility expansions and renovations with price tags of $300 million or more.

Defense Health Agency officials are shifting their mindsets on innovation to "make IT boring again," so that technology can become more of a standard service for supporting the agency's IT modernization efforts, according to a Jan. 21 Government CIO Media report.