The Knight Cancer Institute at Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has appointed Joel Helmke as CEO of the Knight Cancer Group. The Knight Cancer Group — established through a $2 billion donation from Phil and Penny Knight — will…
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Michael Dejos, PharmD, is joining Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare as corporate director of medication safety. From September 2019 to July 2025, Dr. Dejos was the system medication safety officer of Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, according to his LinkedIn profile.…
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha have partnered with local farmers and business leaders to launch NeuralRegen, a biotechnology startup developing colostrum-based therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. The company’s formation follows a study…
Driggs, Idaho-based Teton Valley Health Care laid off 26 employees, or around 10% of its 276-person workforce, on Jan. 22 and 23 and plans to close its infusion clinic amid financial pressures. The layoffs affected staff across multiple departments, including…
The Children’s Hospital Association has expanded its agreement with Vizient to strengthen support for pediatric hospitals navigating financial and operational pressures. Under the renewed partnership, CHA members will continue to receive core supply chain services and gain access to additional…
UnitedHealth Group reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings Jan. 27. Profits took a hit, with the company attributing drops to Medicare funding reductions, the Inflation Reduction Act, steeper medical costs and remaining Change Healthcare cyberattack costs. The company is also…
Attorneys for Legacy Emanuel Medical Center sent a cease‑and‑desist letter to the Oregon Nurses Association on Jan. 16, asking the union to stop making what the hospital described as “false and misleading” public statements about its treatment of patients in…
Health Gorilla is pushing back against a lawsuit filed by Epic and several healthcare providers, calling the allegations baseless and saying it is prepared to vigorously defend itself. Epic, OCHIN, Reid Health (Richmond, Ind.), Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.) and UMass…
Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare and Oracle Health have been sued over a data breach involving the EHR vendor’s legacy Cerner systems. Two patients filed the proposed class-action lawsuit in December in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging the…
The board of commissioners for Coupeville, Wash.-based WhidbeyHealth voted Jan. 22 to terminate CEO Nathan Staggs — then reversed the decision during the same meeting after receiving pushback from staff. The board initially voted 3-2 to dismiss Mr. Staggs, citing…