Walk into almost any modern hospital room and first notice what you hear. Alarms. Beeps. Alerts. Devices competing for attention, each announcing its own piece of information, few aware of what the others know. The sounds interrupt sleep, distract clinicians…
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Hospitals and health systems are making more appointments to several core C-suite roles in 2026, according to a Becker’s analysis of its executive moves reporting. The clearest increases were in people and operations leadership. Becker’s has tracked 25 chief human…
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Claire Alminde, MSN, RN, was named president of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, according to a Tower Health statement shared with Becker’s on Oct. 2. Ms. Alminde has served as interim president since January and will continue as…
SCAN Health Plan and Costco shared Oct. 1 that their co-branded Medicare Advantage plans will go live in California and Nevada in 2027. The HMO will be available in 17 California counties and two Nevada counties on Jan. 1, a…
In this episode, Kathy Donovan, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Hospital Sisters Health System, joins the podcast to discuss developing a long-range capital plan and aligning investments with the health system’s broader growth strategy. She also shares…
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Health systems are rethinking how many technology executives they need at the top. In 2026, several systems have let IT C-suite titles lapse when leaders retired or left, folded those duties into a broader job or left the seats unfilled.…
San Francisco-based Dignity Health, part of Chicago-based CommonSpirit, reached an agreement to transfer its share of co-owned Arizona managed care health plan, Mercy Care, to CVS Health subsidiary Aetna. CommonSpirit had a 49.75% ownership interest in Mercy Care as of…