Most health systems have core values and standards of behavior, and most healthcare workers have sat through a class explaining them. When Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health set out to teach its own, it looked outside of healthcare for help and…
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Glen Winekauf has been named CEO of Regional Medical Center in Manchester, Iowa, effective in early 2027. Mr. Winekauf most recently served as CEO of Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove, Iowa, a role he has held since 2017, according…
Chad Towner has been appointed president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, effective Oct. 19. Mr. Towner most recently served as CEO of Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital in Warsaw, Ind., according to an Oct. 5 hospital news…
HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT awarded a total of $1.5 million to MedStar Health Research Institute and Indianapolis-based Regenstrief Institute for projects focused on agentic AI in clinical care and laboratory interoperability. The awards are part…
Madison Workman has been appointed CEO of Memorial Hospital Pembroke in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Mr. Workman most recently served as COO of Broward Health North, a 409-bed level 2 trauma hospital, where he oversaw approximately 800 employees across clinical and…
Oracle Health’s 2025 data breach compromised personal information belonging to 19.9 million people, according to filings with the Texas attorney general obtained by Becker’s through a public records request. Bloomberg first reported the nearly 20 million figure Oct. 5. The…
Patients at Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health are linking their medical records to ChatGPT at a rapidly accelerating pace, and the health system is footing part of the bill for a connection it never turned on. The number of patients at…
Banner Health’s Sterling (Colo.) Regional MedCenter named Jason Thyne CEO, effective Sept. 27. Mr. Thyne most recently served as hospital COO, according to an Oct. 5 news release from Phoenix-based Banner Health. He joined Sterling Regional MedCenter in 2022 as…
Outpatient volumes are projected to grow 20% over the next decade, compared with 7% growth in inpatient discharges. That shift is changing how health systems plan their facilities including where to invest, how to connect outpatient sites and how to…
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare, its foundation, CEO Prem Reddy, MD, and several executives have sued National Nurses United and its affiliate, the California Nurses Association, alleging harassment, defamation and invasion of privacy, according to a complaint filed Oct. 5 in…