Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s Phelps Hospital named Samuel Acquah, MD, vice president and chief medical officer. Dr. Acquah will oversee clinical quality, physician engagement and program growth, and elevate patient outcomes, strengthen clinical offerings and the hospital’s connection with…
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Erlanger Health signed a non-binding letter of intent to join Prisma Health, and AdventHealth and Intermountain Health are seeking to form a joint venture combining their greater Denver-area hospitals. Here are five hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the week…
The National Labor Relations Board has overruled the objections of St. Louis-based SSM Health seeking to overturn a union election in which registered nurses at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wis., voted June 11 to join SEIU Wisconsin, according to…
People are living longer, but most populations are now spending a decade or more of life in poor health, a recent study published in The Lancet Public Health found. “Progress towards healthy ageing should therefore be assessed not only by…
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board has approved Evanston-based Endeavor Health’s plan to build a $175 million cancer and neuroscience center on the Northwest Community Hospital campus in Arlington Heights, the health system confirmed to Becker’s. The project…
Physicians who become CEOs tend to build on their clinical training rather than leave it behind, expanding their skillset for enterprise leadership, according to a July 14 article from McKinsey. The article draws on interviews with 38 physician CEOs across…
Six states have adopted the physician associate title, and hospitals in those states are in different stages of using the title internally. The American Academy of Physician Associates voted in 2021 to adopt “physician associate” as the profession’s official title,…
Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health has shared plans to close its Aspirus Lake View Silver Bay (Minn.) and consolidate services to its Aspirus Lake View Two Harbors (Minn.) Clinic, according to a July 23 statement shared with Becker’s. The transition will…
In this episode, Amanda Chawla, CMRP, MHA, FACHE, Chief Supply Chain and Post Acute Care Officer, SVP at Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health, discusses the evolving role of supply chain as a strategic driver for healthcare organizations. She…
Dan Pickett is seven months into leading Albany Med Health System — and already organizing the business around two distinct modes of growth. Albany (N.Y.) Med is the region’s only academic health system. It operates four hospitals, Albany Medical College,…