The Montana Nurses Association has voted to allow licensed practical nurses to become members, according to an Oct. 9 news release shared with Becker’s. Delegates approved the change at the association’s recent House of Delegates meeting, expanding membership that was…
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Luke Taylor has been named assistant CFO for Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health’s North region, according to an Oct. 12 LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, Mr. Taylor served as interim assistant CFO for Lifepoint Health’s Memorial Medical Center in…
That end-of-weekend dread now has an official definition — and data suggests it is getting worse, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 11. In September, Merriam-Webster added “Sunday scaries” to its online dictionary, defining the term as “a feeling of…
Top C-suite executives didn’t get there by accident. The most successful leaders earned the role by building relationships, listening to others and observing the successful leaders before them. This is a special moment in healthcare and the top executives guiding…
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has embedded OpenEvidence’s AI clinical decision-support platform in its Epic EHR, giving physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other clinicians systemwide access at the point of care. Clinicians have been able to launch OpenEvidence directly from Epic since Oct.…
Siemens Healthineers has stopped selling its general imaging ultrasound systems, including the Acuson Sequoia, Redwood, Juniper and Maple. The company will instead focus its ultrasound business on procedural imaging and image-guided therapy, according to an Oct. 12 news release from…
Health system CEOs are being pulled in many directions at once, from integrating new facilities in meeting community need to preparing for federal Medicaid reimbursement and other policy changes. For Todd LaPorte, CEO of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth, one of the…
Peter Watson, MD, is now chief medical officer of the Henry Ford Employee Health Plan and chief medical officer of clinical value for the Henry Ford Medical Group. According to an October LinkedIn post, Dr. Watson has been with Detroit-based…
New York City-based NYU Langone Health has opened a 28,000-square-foot imaging center in Manhattan. NYU Langone Radiology—Upper West Side offers imaging for breast, neurological, cardiovascular and cancer care, according to an Oct. 12 news release. The center’s technology includes integrated…
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., has been named an ASHP Certified Center of Excellence in Medication-Use Safety and Pharmacy Practice, becoming the first Sutter medical center to earn the designation. The designation recognizes…