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Nurse practitioners are increasingly filling the gap in geriatric care as the senior population rises and the number of geriatricians declines, KFF Health News reported June 18. The Health Resources and Services Administration projects a 50% increase in demand for…

Allegheny Health Network appointed two chief nursing officers to three of its hospitals. Heather Ambrose, DNP, RN, will be the CNO of Pittsburgh-based AHN Allegheny General Hospital starting June 23.  Jill Muir, DNP, RN, will become the CNO of Erie,…

Senate Republicans are working on provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to provide funding for financially struggling rural hospitals to ease concerns from some colleagues that hospitals in their states could close if the bill becomes law, Bloomberg…

Sen. Bernie Sanders , I-Vt., and a group of more than 30 medical associations have separately requested that the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee investigate the termination of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee members. Four things to know:…

Orlando (Fla.) Health named Michael McLaughlin, MD, chief medical officer of its East Florida Region, Florida Today reported June 20. Dr. McLaughlin will work closely with physicians at Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital and Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital in Sebastian,…

Sacroiliac joint fusion technology is advancing, and the data shows it’s efficacy across different medtech companies. Five notes: 1. Tenon Medical earned FDA 510(k) clearance to use its Catamaran sacroiliac joint system for augmenting thoracolumbar fusion. The indication was first used in June by…

Jared Ament, MD, is at the forefront of new motion-preserving spine techniques. Dr. Ament and Amir Vokshoor, MD, debuted a 360-degree spine procedure combining Premia Spine’s Tops and Centinel Spine Prodisc-L implants. He also introduced a combination surgery with the Motus total joint replacement…

In the U.S., 514 hospitals have a catheter associated urinary tract infection rate of zero, as based on the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS. The Healthcare Associated Infections-Hospital database uses measures — developed by the CDC and collected through the…

Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that are seeking CFOs and assistant CFOs in recent job listings. 1. AdventHealth Manchester (Ky.) 2. Carondelet St. Mary’s and Holy Cross Hospitals (Tucson, Ariz.) 3. CenterPointe St. Charles (Mo.) 4. HCA Florida…

In the past few years, a number of health systems have partnered with schools and nonprofits to support healthcare-focused high schools — and leaders say the results have been promising on a number of levels. Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White…