Philadelphia-based Temple Health has acquired Redeemer Health’s 20% stake in Chestnut Hill Hospital, giving the academic system an 80% ownership interest in the hospital. “This was a planned transaction that comes approximately two and a half years after Chestnut Hill…
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Mount Vernon, Ohio-based Knox Community Hospital appointed a new chief medical officer and a new COO. Tamara Holzer, DO, was appointed CMO in August. She has worked as a general surgeon for 14 years and first joined the hospital six…
Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health will open an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in partnership with Amarillo, Texas-based BSA Health System, an affiliate of Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health. The hospital will be located in Amarillo and is expected to open in late 2025,…
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has opened a $157 million inpatient rehabilitation pavilion. The 134-bed facility offers specialized neurorehabilitation care for patients recovering from stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury and other conditions, according to an Aug. 18 news…
Providence Seaside (Ore.) Hospital plans to close its inpatient obstetric and newborn care services, effective Oct. 4. The services affected include labor and delivery, well-newborn inpatient care and outpatient prenatal/surgical gynecological care with an OB-GYN physician, according to an Aug.…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute has tapped Motaz Qadan, MD, PhD, as surgeon-in-chief, according to an Aug. 19 internal announcement shared with Becker’s. Dr. Qadan joins the cancer institute from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he most…
UC San Diego (Calif.) Health’s chief medical officer, and breast and gynecologic cancer radiation oncologist, Catheryn Yashar, MD, has been appointed president-elect of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. Dr. Yashar currently serves as health policy council chair for ASTRO,…
Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health’s Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center has become the first facility in Virginia to offer tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy for advanced stage melanoma patients. TIL therapy is approved to treat the about 40% of patients with aggressive melanoma who…
A blood test developed by Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham researchers can accurately identify HPV-associated throat cancers, according to a study published Aug. 14 in Clinical Cancer Research. There are currently no tests to detect early-stage HPV-associated throat cancers, leading…
The Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners released an updated version of the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process, replacing the original framework established in 2014. The update is the result of a two-year review led by a group of representatives from 14…