Christopher Longhurst, MD, was selected as the next CEO of Seattle Children’s, the largest pediatric and adolescent academic medical center in the region. Effective Jan. 5, Dr. Longhurst will succeed Jeff Sperring, MD, who announced in August his plans to…
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The federal government has directed the United Network for Organ Sharing to pause some of its oversight work amid the government shutdown. As the primary contractor for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, UNOS manages the nation’s donation and transplant…
GLP-1 medications, originally approved for diabetes, are rapidly expanding into new therapeutic territory — from cardiovascular to anti-inflammatory effects. Norma Keller, MD, chief of cardiology at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, recently told Becker’s prevention programs should embrace these therapies. “We…
Adam Landman, MD, has been named chief digital information officer of Providence, R.I.-based Brown University Health. Dr. Landman most recently served as senior vice president of digital and CIO of Mass General Brigham, headquartered in Somerville, Mass. Before that, he…
U.S. hospitals have performed more than 200,000 unnecessary vertebroplasty, spinal fusion and laminectomy operations since 2020, costing Medicare nearly $2 billion, according to research from the Lown Institute. Using Medicare fee-for-service claims data from 2021 to 2023 and Medicare Advantage…
James Siegel has been senior vice president and CFO of Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health for around four-and-a-half years, but in that time, the health system has significantly invested in both ambulatory and inpatient assets. “VCU Health is known for the…
Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours broke ground Oct. 7 on a $370 million expansion at St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond, Va., according to a news release shared with Becker’s. Five notes: 1. The expansion includes the addition of an eight-story, 200,000-square-foot…
A group of five Cadia Healthcare rehabilitation, skilled nursing and long-term care facilities in Delaware have agreed to a settlement with HHS in relation to potential HIPAA violations of 150 patients. The settlement stems from a 2021 HHS investigation that…
The Department of Veterans Affairs will expand its Oracle Health EHR system to nine additional medical centers and their associated clinics in 2026. The new sites are in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Alaska. They include Cincinnati VAMC-Fort Thomas, Chillicothe VAMC,…
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine will rename its Lake Forest Hospital following a donation. The hospital will be renamed Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, according to an Oct. 8 news release. The hospital is being renamed for Catherine Gratz…