The founding director of Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Max Wicha, MD, will retire and move to emeritus status Oct. 31. Dr. Wicha joined the University of Michigan in 1980 and founded the cancer center in 1986,…
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Jessica Oswald has been named chief administrative officer of Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, effective Oct. 5, according to a Sept. 10 news release. In her new role, Ms. Oswald will provide executive leadership and operational oversight across…
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF St. Francis Medical Center confirmed that its Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care Services, Jennifer Croland, DNP, RN, is no longer employed at the hospital, 25 News reported Sept. 10. “We appreciate her contributions…
Nine healthcare organizations were featured on Fast Company’s eighth annual ranking of the “Best Workplaces for Innovators” released Sept. 8. Fast Company editors reviewed more than 1,200 applications addressing questions about projects, investment, companywide programs and workplace culture, then evaluated…
Health systems are continuing to invest heavily in employee pay in 2026, but some health system leaders are also putting more focus on what those dollars deliver. The focus comes as compensation has become more important to workers while labor…
WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital has received a $750,000 federal grant to support the development of a family medicine residency program focused on preparing physicians to serve rural and underserved communities. The three-year Rural Residency Planning and Development Program grant…
The federal government has invested $15.97 million in a project designed to establish a fully domestic pharmaceutical supply chain in Virginia. The investment from the U.S. Economic Development Administration will support the Alliance for Building Better Medicine’s End-to-End Commercialization Project.…
St. Louis-based WashU Medicine has named two clinical leaders at its Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology. Vincent Mellnick, MD, was appointed senior vice chair and division director of academic practice, and Malak Itani, MD, was appointed chief of the abdominal imaging…
Healthcare supply chain leaders have spent years investing in visibility tools, supplier relationships and inventory strategies to prepare for disruptions. But when a shortage or other unexpected event hits, leaders said the ability to respond depends on something broader: knowing…
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has launched a granulomatous mastitis steroid injection service to treat patients with idiopathic granulomatous mastitis, a rare inflammatory breast condition. The service uses ultrasound-guided steroid injections to deliver medication directly to affected breast tissue,…