Here are eight hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CEOs.

Hospitals and health systems that embrace scheduling, work roles and overall employment expectations with greater flexibility and agility have a leg up when it comes to retaining nurses age 55 and older, a new focus group study suggests. 

The Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association has adopted a united code of conduct to protect workers and patients from escalating violence in the state's healthcare facilities. 

Cleveland Clinic has launched the Center for Infant and Maternal Health, an effort that will support women from pregnancy through their child's first year of life. 

Saad Chaudhry has been promoted to chief digital and information officer of Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health.

The New Jersey Department of Health is backing CarePoint Health's plan to maintain the nonprofit status of its three hospitals, indicating that the state health planning board may follow suit when it hears the case on Feb. 3, according to nj.com.

On Jan. 27, a National Institutes of Health panel unanimously voted in favor of draft recommendations to boost oversight of pathogen research. It is now up to the White House to decide whether to adopt the recommendations, according to a report from The New York Times. 

Providence, R.I.-based Care New England is showing signs of tentatively improving financial health after reporting a more than $111 million loss in fiscal 2022.

Rural hospitals are under immense financial strain. Since 2005, 183 rural hospitals have closed. 

Olean, N.Y.-based Upper Allegheny Health System has named Lesley Zurek its senior director of human resources. 

Gary Honts, CEO of Indio, Calif.-based JFK Memorial Hospital, has retired, according to local news sources. 

For the sixth consecutive year, Texas Children's Hospital in Houston has been named as the nation's leading hospital in pediatric organ transplants.

A federal appeals court ruled in favor of three drugmakers Jan. 30 in a case over requirements of whether they should give 340B drug pricing discounts to contract pharmacies. 

Troubled Jackson, Miss.-based Merit Health Central, which has closed a number of its operations in recent months, has now lost its CEO, according to a Jan. 30 report from Mississippi Today.

Twelve states are aiming to pass dozens of bills this year that target gender-affirming healthcare for transgender and nonbinary individuals. So far, Utah is the first of the 12 to do so. Just yesterday, the state's governor signed the bill into law that "blocks minors from receiving gender-transition health care," according to The New York Times.

Hank Milius, president and CEO of Muncie, Ind.-based Meridian Health Services, will retire at the end of 2023. 

Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has named Catherine Corbin its first chief business innovation officer. 

The Biden administration aims to expand access to free birth control under the Affordable Care Act through a proposed rule issued Jan. 30.

Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health plans to build a $265 million hospital in Frisco, Texas, Community Impact reported Jan. 30.

Expenses rose and investment income fell, but Klamath Falls, Ore.-based Sky Lakes Medical Center was still able to post net income of $7.3 million in fiscal 2022. That figure compared with net income of $9.6 million in 2021.