St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare has named Deidre Griffith its vice president of community health improvement. 

Barbara Nichols, RN, is retiring as CEO of Corry (Pa.) Memorial Hospital after 23 years in the role, the Erie Times-News reported March 16. 

Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Health isn't unusual in reporting a net loss in 2022, but the two-hospital system did show signs of improved operating income in the final quarter as contract labor costs declined, according to a March 16 filing.

Minnesota lawmakers introduced new legislation that, if passed, will require hospitals to screen all uninsured patients for charity care eligibility and assist them during the application process, the Post Bulletin reported March 16.

Construction is underway at one of the 12 hospitals operated by Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System, according to a March 15 WXPR report.

Taking on the role of vice president of revenue cycle at Cone Health has felt at times like "drinking from a fire hose," Jason Nelms told Becker's, but added "that's not a bad thing."

Diane Johnson, BSN, former Sinai Hospital of Baltimore chief nursing officer, died of breast cancer March 10. She was 71, The Baltimore Sun reported.

The nurse shortage could find aid in an unlikely place: midcareer switches from other professions, the Commercial Appeal reported March 16.

Standard surgical procedures for lung cancer patients are still effective even when done in a minimally invasive manner, according to new research from Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township, N.J.

Wright-Patterson (Ohio) Medical Center will transition to the MHS Genesis EHR system on June 3. 

Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Health Network in Tacoma, Wash., has appointed two new chief medical officers who will oversee operations across its health network and hospital.

The following leadership moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker's since Feb. 10:

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth is partnering with Lifepoint Rehabilitation, the rehabilitation unit of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health, to build a new 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility in Springfield, Ore.

Artificial intelligence isn't just being used to improve patient care or streamline hospital administrative functions. It has entered the marketing department as well.

More than 4 million packets of Pfizer's Nurtec, a migraine prescription drug, need a fix because the container is not child resistant, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said March 16.

An Oscar gala hosted by comedian Byron Allen has raised millions of dollars for Children's Hospital Los Angeles, TheGrio reported.

The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission is concerned that the magnitude of disproportionate share hospital cuts (54 percent in 2024) on the horizon will disrupt the financial viability of some safety-net hospitals and the services they provide, according to MACPAC's March report to Congress. 

Perry County Hospital in Tell City, Ind., has agreed to pay $60,254 in overtime back wages for 107 nurses who federal officials say were shortchanged by timekeeping issues.

Minneapolis-based Allina Health reported an audited operating loss of $195.8 million for the year ending Dec. 31, 2022, as expenses rose almost 7 percent compared with 2021.

In just the 12 years since its establishment, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences has brought 44 FDA-approved drugs for rare diseases to the market — and it shows no signs of slowing down.