Eli Lilly has entered a global research collaboration and licensing agreement with Seamless Therapeutics to develop programmable recombinase-based gene therapies for genetic hearing loss. Under the deal, Lilly secured exclusive rights to site-specific recombinases programmed by Seamless to target gene…
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Dan Bowen was appointed president of Orlando Health Sebastian (Fla.) River Hospital, effective Jan. 19, according to a hospital news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Bowen most recently served as market COO for Piedmont Medical Center in South Carolina, where…
Kevin Strecker will depart his role Jan. 31 as CEO of the Ascension Via Christi Ministry market in the Wichita, Kan., area. The market is part of St. Louis-based Ascension health system. Jason Alexander, who formerly served as CEO of…
More than 850,000 members of Horizon NJ Health, the managed Medicaid plan operated by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, will lose in-network access to CVS pharmacies after April 30. The insurer is advising affected members to transfer…
The Orlando (Fla.) VA Health Care System is implementing ambient artificial intelligence technology to assist with clinical documentation. The tool listens to clinician-patient conversations and generates draft medical notes in real time. Clinicians can review, edit and finalize the notes.…
Jim Engler has been named executive vice president, chief of staff and chief governance office at Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, according to a Jan. 27 LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, Mr. Engler served as Jefferson’s senior vice president, chief…
Cascade (Idaho) Medical Center, a critical access hospital, has implemented an Epic EHR system through OCHIN. The hospital went live with the new EHR system in the final quarter of 2025, according to a Jan. 27 news release from OCHIN.…
Sarah Matlin was appointed senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Memorial Health, based in Springfield, Ill. Ms. Matlin brings a wealth of experience to the role, according to a Jan. 26 health system news release. She is the…
Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth and Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth are proposing adjacent hospital projects in Broomfield, Colo., NPR affiliate KUNC reported Jan. 26. Both proposals are in conceptual phases and Broomfield officials are expected to begin the review process in February,…
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. hospitals using Epic’s EHR had adopted ambient artificial intelligence tools for clinical documentation as of June 2025, according to a Jan. 27 study published in The American Journal of Managed Care. Researchers analyzed a national sample…