CommonSpirit's South region, which reported $7.2 billion in revenue in fiscal 2024, will consolidate its EHR systems and transition to a single version of Epic, with the first "go-live" set for June 2025.

After 15 years in the role, John Chessare, MD, will retire in 2025 as president and CEO of Townson, Md.-based Greater Baltimore Medical Center HealthCare.

The former CEO of Loretto Hospital in Chicago is charged in an indictment alleging corruption and embezzlement.

Hospitals and health systems nationwide are implementing conservation strategies and exploring alternatives to address the national shortage of IV fluids. 

Hospitals and health systems nationwide are delaying elective or nonemergency procedures to conserve IV fluid supplies amid a national shortage. 

CVS Health's Coram is discontinuing its infusion service offerings for antibiotics, inotropic medications, total parenteral nutrition and other acute home infusion therapies and plans to close or sell 29 regional pharmacies in the coming months, according to an Oct. 11 statement shared with Becker's. 

The landscape of community healthcare in the U.S. has been changing rapidly as major drugstore chains like Rite Aid, Walgreens and CVS announced widespread closures leading to widespread "pharmacy deserts," CNBC reported Oct. 11. 

Chicago-based CommonSpirit, a 158-hospital system, expects to receive about $1.3 billion in payments from various one-time funding opportunities by the second quarter of 2025, executives said during the health system's Oct. 4 investor call.

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have received approval from the city of Boston's Planning Department to develop an estimated $1.68 billion cancer hospital, a spokesperson for Dana Farber confirmed with Becker's.

The average length of stay at hospitals across the U.S. is dropping slightly, while observation days have big declines year over year, according to Kaufman Hall's National Hospital Flash Report.

Since the program first launched more than a decade ago, 800 healthcare workers at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System and 17,000 nationwide have been trained as well-being ambassadors.

The following hospital and health system executive moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's this year:

Culture and creating value is a top priority for Houston-based Memorial Hermann CEO David Callender, MD.

The path from data overload to useful information and from there to true insight can take a number of turns. Moreover, it can be easy to get lost among the seemingly endless branches of information available today.

From seeking Chapter 11 protection on May 6 to sharing plans to close four of its hospitals across Massachusetts and Ohio that would result in a combined 2,187 layoffs, Dallas-based Steward Health Care has experienced a great deal of turbulence over the last year.

Over the last few months, Dallas-based Steward Health Care has been subject to increased scrutiny regarding the health system's troubled finances and the status of its more than 30 hospitals across eight states. 

In being named the official team physicians of the Detroit Red Wings, Detroit-based Henry Ford Health now oversees care for all four of the city's professional sports teams.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has partnered with the city's department of education to prepare local high school students for careers in nursing and clinical research.

Health systems across the country are expanding their facilities to accommodate additional patients and services.

It's been a tough year for retail companies looking to lean into healthcare delivery.