Rosemary Pitts has been named executive vice president and CFO of Columbus-based OhioHealth, according to a Feb. 24 LinkedIn post. Ms. Pitts succeeds Michael Browning, who exited the system Jan. 2 to serve as senior executive vice president and CFO…
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If Mark Cuban bought a hospital, he says he would run it like a startup: eliminate unnecessary overhead, prioritize radical transparency, pay physicians well and use AI to root out inefficiencies. Speaking on “The Healthcare Bridge” podcast with Nathan Kaufman,…