UC San Diego Health and Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health are continuing to move forward with their planned joint powers authority as they await final approval from California’s Office of Health Care Affordability. In a statement shared Feb. 4 with Becker’s,…
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Bob Barrett has been named president of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health’s Western division, according to a Feb. 4 LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, Mr. Barrett served as senior vice president of growth and transformation for Lifepoint Health, according…
Novo Nordisk has appointed Jamey Millar, former CEO of Optum Specialty Holdings, as the drug company’s executive vice president of U.S. operations, effective Feb. 5. In the role, Mr. Millar will oversee Novo Nordisk’s largest sales region, according to Novo…
Dean Mazzoni was appointed president and CEO of McLaren Greater Lansing (Mich.), effective March 16, according to a Feb. 4 hospital news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Mazzoni joins the hospital from Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Alliance, a 12-hospital, multistate, nonprofit…
Charlene Boyer, DHA, BSN, RN, was appointed CEO of Syringa Hospital & Clinics in Grangeville, Idaho, effective March 1, according to a Jan. 30 hospital Facebook post. Dr. Boyer brings more than three decades of healthcare leadership experience to the…
Vidalia, Ga.-based Memorial Health Meadows Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has named Abby Bray vice president of operations. Ms. Bray joins the hospital from the HCA South Atlantic Division, where she served as director of strategy and business…
MyMichigan Medical Center Sault in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., has launched a telestroke service in partnership with Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health to expand access to stroke specialists for patients in Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula. Through the collaboration, patients…
In this episode, Joe Benardello, Chief Growth Officer and co-founder of IKS Health, discusses how accountable partnerships and agentic AI are transforming healthcare delivery. He explores how technology, human collaboration, and shared accountability can drive better patient outcomes, reduce clinician…
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