Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital in Longwood, Fla., has named Jennifer Stoeke, MSN, BSN, assistant vice president and chief nursing officer. 

John Gardner, the interim CEO of Leadville, Colo.-based St. Vincent Health, is placing the blame for the hospital's struggling financial situation on prior management—the hospital did not have departmental budgets, properly registered physicians or monitor financial analytics, 9News reported March 1.

East Boston Neighborhood Health Center has named Ryan Boxill, PhD, its executive vice president and chief operating officer, the Everett Independent reported. 

Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD, was named president of Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.

A Texas physician accused of spreading COVID-19 misinformation has rejected a disciplinary settlement with the state medical board, The Texan reported March 1. 

Lawyers representing troubled Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital are demanding the University of Tennessee Medical Center "cease and desist" any discussions with local government authorities to take over operations of the hospital.

Fifty-eight percent of healthcare practitioners say digital health applications lessen burdens on health systems, but only 44 percent say that digital health applications are living up to their full potential, according to a Feb. 28 study from the Consumer Technology Association. 

Seguin, Texas-based Guadalupe Regional Medical Center has implemented an image sharing platform from PocketHealth to eliminate its reliance on CD-ROMs for medical imaging and reports. 

Chicago-based Oak Street Health, which CVS Health is planning to acquire, reported a net loss of $509.7 million in 2022 as it continued to expand the number of centers it operates.

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System will lay off 346 employees as increasing labor  and supply costs and decreasing reimbursements continue to eat into its bottom line.

As at least nine other states plan to restrict access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors, Mississippi's governor on Feb. 28 signed a bill into law to penalize physicians who perform gender-affirming surgeries or write prescriptions for puberty blockers or hormones to a minor. 

The FDA recently greenlit an Irish devicemaker's request to market its Pill Sense System, an ingestible capsule that winds its way through a patient's gastrointestinal tract, detects light wavelengths and wirelessly transmits data. 

The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center's Strong Memorial Hospital and Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in New York City are set to receive a combined $200 million in state grant funding to expand emergency departments. 

Providence Women's Clinic and Providence Home Health and Hospice caregivers in Oregon seek to vote on union representation. 

After Gurnee, Ill.-based Akorn Operating Co. closed its operations in late February, hospitals are left with only one domestic supplier of liquid albuterol, an asthma treatment already in shortage. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente posted a net loss of $4.5 billion in 2022, but its impressive financial performance in previous years allowed it to continue to invest in its facilities and the community when many other health systems pulled back in these areas.

Remote work is saving workers thousands of dollars per year, Fortune reported Feb. 21. 

Lancaster, Calif.-based Antelope Valley Healthcare saw its outlook revised to negative from stable as the system continues to endure a "weak financial performance," S&P Global said in a Feb. 28 filing.

Penn Medicine and the Fox Chase Cancer Center are both working on treatments and models that could intercept cancer in the early stages.

The acquisition of Cancer Treatment Centers of America continues to cost Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope as the health system reported the purchase played a significant role in its expenses rising by 53 percent in the final quarter of 2022.