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Members of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West plan to begin a five-day strike Jan. 12 at six KPC Health hospitals across Southern California, according to a Jan. 5 news release from the union. The union represents approximately 1,623 front-line workers —…

Rich Rogers has retired from his role as senior vice president and CIO of Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health. Mr. Rogers worked at the now-18-hospital system for over 13 years. He also served as senior vice president and CIO at Rockledge,…

Springfield-based Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital and Medical Group became a network partner of Mercy Health in the Springfield region on Nov. 7. Under the partnership, the hospital will maintain inpatient and outpatient surgical services, with enhanced resources, expanded collaboration opportunities…

Owens & Minor has rebranded as Accendra Health following the $375 million sale of its healthcare services and products division to a private equity firm. The Richmond, Va.-based healthcare supply company completed the sale and name change Dec. 31, according…

Craig McGhee has been appointed regional administrator for the West region at Tampa, Fla.-based Shriners Children’s, he wrote in a Jan. 2 LinkedIn post. Mr. McGhee rejoined the health system in 2022 and has served as Midwest market administrator since…

Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Health has appointed Raju Iyer as its new CFO, following the departure of Carlos Bohorquez at the end of 2025. Mr. Iyer brings more than 25 years of healthcare finance leadership experience, including serving as…

More than 33,000 people with influenza were hospitalized during the week ending Dec. 27, with experts anticipating at least several more weeks of increases, according to the CDC’s latest FluView report, which was published Jan. 5.  “Just looking at the…

Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health has appointed Terence French as senior vice president and chief strategy officer, effective Jan. 5. Mr. French brings more than 30 years of experience in hospital and health system operations, strategy planning and public policy.…

Stephen Leffler, MD, has been named CEO of Burlington-based University of Vermont Health, effective Jan. 5. Dr. Leffler had served as interim CEO since October and led the system through early phases of strategic realignment. He succeeded Sunny Eappen, MD,…

As Eduardo Conrado steps into the top leadership role at St. Louis-based Ascension, he outlined his vision for the organization and his priorities for 2026. Mr. Conrado, who became president in 2023, assumed the CEO role in addition to his…