Editor’s note: The executive moves are listed in the order they were reported.
1. Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health promoted CIO Ben Patel to executive vice president, bringing him into the senior-most leadership team at the health system.
2. Mark Hurd, co-CEO of software company Oracle, passed away Oct. 18.
3. After a year and a half serving in the Trump administration, former HHS chief of staff Peter Urbanowicz is returning to his career as a healthcare consultant at Alvarez & Marsal.
4. Toby Cosgrove, MD, who previously served as president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, has joined the board of directors for wellness and telemedicine startup Hims & Hers.
5. American Telemedicine Association announced the addition of four new members to its 2020 board of directors: Mike Baird, Joseph M. DeVivo, Andrea Gelzer, MD, and Yasmine Winkler.
6. Apple has hired New York City-based Columbia University Medical Center cardiologist David Tsay, MD, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CNBC after Dr. Tsay updated his LinkedIn account to indicate he had joined Apple.
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