Kankakee, Ill.-based Riverside Healthcare is opening an obstetric hospitalist program. The new program is designed to improve patient safety and provide better work-life balance for community physicians, who the hospital previously relied on being on call for its OB needs,…
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Silver City, N.M.-based Gila Regional Medical Center named Erin Winters operating room director, National Today reported March 8. Ms. Winters will begin her role at the county-owned hospital March 9. She helped open a surgical center in the Navajo Nation,…
Henrico, Va.-based Select Specialty Hospital is planning to build an inpatient medical rehabilitation unit, Richmond BizSense reported March 9. The 60-bed, long-term care hospital is planning to build the 16-bed unit in a 6,400-square-foot space within the hospital. The project…
A federal judge ruled March 6 that The Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Grades for five Florida hospitals constitutes “an unfair and deceptive business practice,” finding Leapfrog deliberately punished the hospitals for not participating in its voluntary survey by assigning them…
Jefferson Health in Philadelphia launched a virtual primary care program in late 2024 to address one of healthcare’s biggest access challenges: a shortage of primary care appointments. Less than two years later, the model has become one of the health…
Moses Lake, Wash.-based Samaritan opened a $225 million hospital in Moses Lake on March 7. Samaritan Hospital comprises an emergency room, family birth center, medical surgical suites, intensive care unit and the Paul Lauzier Surgical and Infusion Center, according to…
Oklahoma City-based Integris Health will close its Children’s Place childcare centers and Fun & Fit programs at two hospitals in August due to financial losses, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s March 9. The closures affect Integris Health Baptist Medical Center…
Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro is projected to be the best-selling drug in the world in 2030, according to Statista data shared March 9 with Becker’s. Statista is a global data company that provides market insights for 170 industries, including pharmaceuticals. The…
Madison, Wis.-based UW Health has named Dave Schneider, MD, associate chief medical information officer, effective March 1. In this role, Dr. Schneider will provide informatics leadership across the enterprise, according to a March 9 LinkedIn post from Joel Gordon, MD,…
McAlester (Okla.) Regional Health Center has named Julie Powell, MSN, RN, its CEO — the first woman to serve in the role. Ms. Powell has served as interim CEO since July 2024 and previously held several leadership roles at the…