Leslie Simmons, RN, executive vice president and COO of Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health, will retire, effective July 1, 2027, after more than a decade of leadership at the system. Ms. Simmons has nearly four decades in leadership roles, according to an…
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Brenda Carlisle, BSN, RN, plans to retire as CEO of UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., at the end of 2026. Michelle Fortune, BSN, RN, executive vice president of hospital operations, will become interim CEO effective Nov. 1, according to an…
Patients who stop taking GLP-1s for pregnancy may be able to resume them while breastfeeding, according to an advisory from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists published Oct. 23. Under the guidance, OB-GYNs and other healthcare professionals can work…
Integris Health agreed to become part of Kaiser Permanente’s Risant Health, and Hackensack Meridian Health signed a definitive agreement to add Hunterdon Health. Here are three hospital M&A moves that Becker’s reported during the week of Oct. 19: 1. Oklahoma…
Healthcare organizations invest significant time and resources in improving patient experience. New initiatives, training programs and campaigns can create momentum. The harder challenge is building the infrastructure that makes improvement last. Our experience across a five-hospital health system reinforced an…
Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health reported a 1.2% operating margin in fiscal 2026, down from 2.2% a year earlier, as expenses outpaced revenue growth ahead of its proposed merger with Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners. Essentia reported $42.3 million in operating income for…
HHS updated its national plan for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias this week, emphasizing prevention and earlier detection. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the update Oct. 22 at Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Four things…
Within a day of going live at a national care organization, Evidently surfaced a decade-old CT scan. It had been scanned in from an out-of-state emergency department, and it showed a small abdominal aortic aneurysm that nobody had ever followed…
Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health has named Mandy Teeter president of Unity Hospital in Rochester after she served as interim president beginning in September. Ms. Teeter also previously served as COO of Unity Hospital, according to an Oct. 15 health system…
Moody’s said the planned merger of Chicago-based Rush University System for Health and Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health has credit positive aspects for both organizations. The two systems signed a definitive agreement Oct. 14 for Endeavor to join Rush. The transaction,…