After 35 years working in the same children’s health system — including 29 at the helm — Kimberly Chavalas Cripe “can’t wait” to meet her successor. Whenever that might be. Ms. Cripe arrived at Orange, Calif.-based Children’s Hospital of Orange…
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When Tawny Sandifer, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer at Columbus (Neb.) Community Hospital, looks at her nursing staff, she sees what she calls an “inverted experience pyramid”: a workforce weighted heavily toward newer graduates, with fewer of the seasoned nurses…
Hospitals reported 6,100 lab-confirmed flu admissions in the week ending Oct. 24, up 27% from 4,811 the week before, according to the CDC’s latest FluView report. The CDC said seasonal flu activity remains low nationally but is increasing in many…
Christina Morales has been named senior vice president and CFO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth System, according to an Oct. 30 news release shared with Becker’s. Ms. Morales joined MetroHealth in 2016. Prior to her new role, she served as vice president…
Manchester, N.H.-based Elliot Health System received a credit rating upgrade from S&P Global Ratings as the organization prepares for its planned separation from SolutionHealth. S&P raised Elliot Health’s bond rating to “A” from “A-” on Oct. 2, according to a…
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare has named Chief Strategy Officer David Russell as interim CFO, effective Nov. 15. Mr. Russell succeeds current senior vice president and CFO Pat McCabe, who is retiring, according to an Oct. 28 Emory Healthcare news release. Mr.…
The HHS Office for Civil Rights referred Duke University School of Medicine to the Department of Justice for discriminating based on race in its admissions. On Sept. 8, the department accused the Durham, N.C.-based medical school of discriminating against white…
As the architects of nursing strategy, CNOs take on some of healthcare’s toughest challenges: easing staffing shortages, managing complex nursing budgets, and building the professional development pathways that will bring the next generation of nurses into the profession and keep…
In the first six months of Medicare’s Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction pilot, the use of targeted services fell in participating states relative to the rest of the country, according to a research letter published Oct. 26 in JAMA. The…
Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health has acquired a former State Farm operations center in nearby Albemarle County for $37.7 million. The health system plans to use the roughly 365,000-square-foot building for outpatient care and is aiming to open it in 2028,…