Chan Badger, MD, has been named senior vice president of Novant Health and president of the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based health system's primary care services. 

Ten home health agencies and 11 hospice operations previously led by Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health will now be managed by Compassus, a provider of home-based healthcare services. 

Effective June 17, Michael Schmidt, MD, will step into the role of chief medical officer at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill. 

Travis Sisson was named CEO of Merit Health Wesley in Hattiesburg, Miss. 

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill May 1, allowing the state to help finance the University of Northern Colorado's proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine. 

Health systems are working diligently to improve nurse staffing, and early evidence suggests these efforts are starting to pay off. 

Hospital financials, on average, worsened in the first quarter, despite a relatively strong start to the year, as operating margins, volume and revenue declined, according to Kaufman Hall's latest "National Hospital Flash Report." 

Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System has named John Hatfield as its new executive vice president and chief external affairs officer. 

Emergent BioSolutions is consolidating operations, closing two manufacturing plants and laying off about 300 employees, the Maryland-based drugmaker said May 1. 

Hospitals are gaining ground in reducing healthcare-associated infections after unprecedented highs during the COVID-19 pandemic, data from The Leapfrog Group's spring safety grades show. 

Heather Pressdee, a Pennsylvania nurse, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and 19 counts of attempted homicide, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported May 1.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is rolling out an AI copilot from Microsoft's Nuance enterprisewide in a move to increase clinical and operational efficiency.

Americans living in rural counties are more likely to die of preventable causes than those living in urban areas, a new CDC study suggests. 

The Federal Trade Commission's final rule banning noncompete clauses could hit nonprofit hospitals with more staffing complications at a time when they are still adapting to the upward reset of wages and have only begun to rein in labor costs, according to a May 2 report by Fitch Ratings. 

When a hospital's EHR went down recently, staff communicated with patients and one another more and cut down on unnecessary tests and documentation, a medical resident wrote in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Fourteen more health system leaders have been added to an advisory panel defining standards for what constitutes a "smart hospital."

Since acquiring EHR vendor Cerner, Oracle Health's local workforce has decreased, the Kansas City Business Journal reported April 30. 

South Charleston, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals went live with an Epic EHR system on May 1. 

Several hospital and health system CEOs have stepped down or announced plans to step down from their positions. 

Seizures are telltale signs of epilepsy, but a subtle type of seizure in children is less likely to be noticed by emergency department physicians, which may lead to delays in diagnosis and treatment, according to new research.