Owens & Minor, a healthcare supply company, said June 5 it mutually agreed to end its planned acquisition of Rotech Healthcare, a home medical equipment company. The $1.36 billion cash transaction was called off due to what the company described…
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Members of Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 40 began a strike June 9 at Henry Ford Rochester (Mich.) Hospital. Six things to know: 1. The strike involves approximately 350 nurses, according to the hospital, and is slated to…
Mather Hospital in Jefferson, N.Y., part of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, is launching a pharmacy residency program July 1, expanding its graduate medical education offerings. The one-year program will train post-graduate pharmacy residents in their first year in…
An HHS-led investigation found a Kentucky organ procurement organization ignored growing consciousness in dozens of potential transplant donors, The New York Times reported June 6. The case centered on donation after circulatory death, a practice involving patients with some brain…
CINCINNATI, Ohio, and St. Paul, Minn., (May 20, 2025) – Ensemble, an industry leading revenue cycle management company, announced a strategic partnership today with Solventum, a market leader and innovator in AI-driven revenue cycle solutions. The partnership seeks to enable the first-of-its-kind…
Rush University College of Nursing has created a new certification program to encourage more nurses to pursue nurse educator roles. The Nurse Educator Certificate Program is a five–course, 12-credit program designed to equip BSN and graduate-prepared nurses with the skills…
Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope has called for “bold” changes to address the rising cancer rates among women younger than 50. Cancer incidence rates among women younger than 50 is 82% higher than incidence rates among men of the same…
Here are seven new shortages and discontinuations, according to drug supply databases from the FDA and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Editor’s note: The drugs listed are in alphabetical order
Abilene, Kan.-based Memorial Health System part of Salina Regional Health Center, has appointed Kimberly Haverly as its next administrator, effective June 30. Ms. Haverly has more than 14 years of healthcare leadership experience. Most recently, she held a dual CEO/CFO…
Kristen Taylor, MSN, RN, has been named chief nursing officer of St. Luke’s Health-The Woodlands Hospital in Texas. Ms. Taylor will also oversee nursing operations at St. Luke’s Health Springwoods Village Hospital in Spring, Texas, and St. Luke’s Health-Lakeside Hospital…