Providence President and CEO Erik Wexler has outlined the 2030 strategic direction for the Renton, Wash.-based health system, which includes technological initiatives. Mr. Wexler outlined the five-year roadmap June 23 in an internal message to employees of the 51-hospital organization. …
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Minot, N.D.-based Trinity Health has begun an 18-month project to replace its current EHR system with Epic. The health system plans to go live with the system on Nov. 1, 2026, according to a news release Trinity Health shared with…
Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, MD, acting director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, will step down in July after more than eight years at the agency, Bloomberg Law reported June 23. In an internal email obtained by the publication,…
John Herman has been named president of Tufts Medical Center in Boston, effective in early September. Mr. Herman brings more than 30 years of healthcare experience in operational excellence, strategic leadership and clinical innovation, according to a June 24 news…
The FDA has granted accelerated approval to datopotamab deruxtecan (Datroway) for adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer that carries an EGFR mutation and has progressed. Datopotamab deruxtecan, the first TROP2-directed therapy approved for lung cancer in…
The No. 1 issue UofL Health leaders face each day is improving access to care, according to CEO Tom Miller. The Louisville, Ky.-based health system’s mission — even during the COVID-19 pandemic — has been to never turn away someone…
Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health has tapped Gary Deng, MD, PhD, to serve as director of the Integrative Oncology program at the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Deng was also appointed associate director of the cancer center and…
Steven Dorris has been named CFO of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s North Central Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, according to a June 20 LinkedIn post. The hospital is part of Tenet’s San Antonio-based Baptist Health System. Prior to his new role,…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants every American using a wearable health device within four years, Politico reported June 24. Speaking during a June 24 hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee,…
St. Louis-based Ascension is making changes at the top of its organization. CEO Joseph Impicciche will retire at the end of the year after more than 20 years of service to Catholic healthcare and Ascension with a veteran system executive…