Chad Markham was named president and CEO of Hospital Sisters Health System's Shelbyville, Ill.-based Good Shepherd Hospital.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding $74 million in grants to rural health facilities across the nation.

Six recent chief medical and nursing officer moves at hospitals and health systems Becker's has covered since Aug. 4:

Remote monitoring of COVID-19 symptoms was associated with better outcomes for patients at Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found.

Kevin McCune, MD, is the chief physician executive at Alexandria, Va-based American Medical Group Association (AMGA) Consulting. 

David Kim, MD, is the chief executive officer of the Anaheim, Cali-based Providence Medical Foundation and the executive vice president and chief executive of the physician enterprise team at Renton, Wash.-based Providence health system. 

The nation's seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases decreased by nearly 14 percent this week, marking the third consecutive week of decline, according to the CDC's COVID-19 data tracker weekly review published Aug. 12.

Novartis, a Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company, confirmed a report of two children dying from liver complications six weeks after taking its gene therapy drug, Zolgensma, Bloomberg reported Aug. 11. 

HCA Florida Palms West Hospital has named Cheryl Wild, MSN, as chief nursing officer. She is the former CNO of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health, The Town-Crier reported Aug. 12. 

As the interest in career ladders fades, human resources leaders may turn to alternative options including career portfolios to attract and retain workers, according to an Aug. 10 article in Harvard Business Review. 

The following executive moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker's since Aug. 4. 

Nurses at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J., have voted to join 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.

Greenville, N.C.-based East Carolina University Health closed its COVID-19 testing sites at the end of July due to a significant decrease in demand. As a result, the health system is laying off 61 employees, according to an Aug. 11 report from the Triangle Business Journal.

Generation Z workers have embraced "quiet quitting," a phrase gaining traction on TikTok that encourages workers to show lesser enthusiasm at work, reject the ideas of going above and beyond in their careers, and prioritize their life outside of work, The Washington Post reported Aug. 12. 

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking vice presidents. 

CVS Health has named Creagh Milford, MD, senior vice president of retail health, according to an Aug. 10 tweet from the company's chief medical officer, Sree Chaguturu, MD.

There were several hospital mergers, acquisitions, affiliations and partnerships that, at some point in their lifetime, were called off in the past year. 

Kristine Donahue, RN, was promoted to president of Beaumont hospitals in Taylor, Trenton and Wayne, Mich.

Phoenix-based Community Living Center, a Veteran Affairs nursing home, closed Aug. 8 due to a rat infestation, according to an Aug. 11 USA Today report.

From COVID-19 to polio to monkeypox, infectious disease threats have dominated the headlines and public discourse in recent weeks.