Near-miss patient safety events may be one key to creating safer care, but many go unreported. Hospitals have sophisticated dashboards to measure patient safety events, but that data is not complete without the near misses, workarounds and bedside observations that…
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Austin, Texas-based St. David’s Medical Center named Jason Schwan CFO, effective Oct. 19. Mr. Schwan brings more than 20 years of healthcare finance experience. He most recently served as CFO of Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center in Las Vegas,…
The White House and South Carolina officials have launched a six-month cybersecurity pilot program to help rural hospitals strengthen their defenses against cyberattacks and maintain patient care during technology disruptions. The initiative, called Project Lifeline 250, will provide cybersecurity resources…
Loyola Medicine plans to build a $120 million ambulatory care center in Warrenville, Ill, backed by Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, according to an Oct. 26 news release. Loyola calls the project one of the largest outpatient investments in its history,…
Long wait times, staffing shortages and rising call volumes are putting pressure on health system contact centers. At UChicago Medicine alone, teams handle roughly 12,000 calls a day. To address these challenges, UChicago Medicine, Tampa General Hospital and the University…
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New Orleans-based Tulane University School of Medicine named William Sibert vice president and chief business officer, effective Oct. 19. Mr. Sibert joins Tulane from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, where he served as senior associate dean and CFO of…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals has rescheduled some appointments and elective procedures as it continues recovering from an Oct. 22 cybersecurity incident that has disrupted its MyChart patient portal and other systems. In an Oct. 26 statement shared with Becker’s, the 18-hospital…
Andrea Gwyn has been named president of Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare’s Wilmington Campus, effective Jan. 4, according to an Oct. 26 news release shared with Becker’s. Ms. Gwyn most recently served as president of Mercy Health St. Anne Hospital and Sylvania…
CEOs across industries are asking their chief human resources officers to take on more than ever, including steering AI transformation. Yet only a quarter of HR leaders say they are doing well at getting their workforce ready for AI, according…
Home health nursing topped nurse leaders’ plans a year ago, with 71% saying they intended to launch it. Today, 41% say they have such a plan in place, according to Wolters Kluwer’s 2026 nurse leader survey of more than 150…