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Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is licensing its internally developed workforce forecasting technology to Trusted Health, which plans to make the tool available to other hospitals and health systems. Mayo’s CareCast technology uses historical staffing information, patient volume trends and operational…
Syracuse, N.Y.-based Crouse Health has signed a three-year, $1.5 million agreement to become the naming sponsor of Onondaga County’s new aquarium. The venue will be called the Crouse Health Harborview Aquarium when it opens, per a late August news release.…
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has received a $50 million gift that will establish the Middleman Center at Penn Medicine and launch a new fund. The Middleman Fund is designed to support scientific discoveries at Penn Medicine, including early-stage research in cancer,…
Pittsburgh-based UPMC will increase its paid parental leave benefit to four weeks effective Jan. 1, 2027, a system spokesperson said in a statement shared with Becker’s. The benefit applies to all eligible employees systemwide, the spokesperson said. UPMC introduced a…
Bryce Cordle, BSN, RN, has been appointed CEO of Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, effective in October. Mr. Cordle will succeed April Bennett, MSN, RN, who is planning to retire, according to a Sept. 3 hospital news release.…
Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University’s MBA program has the largest share of alumni that went on to become a CEO, according to the “Mid-year Volatility Report” from executive search firm Crist Kolder Associates. The executive recruiting firm tracks the backgrounds and…
As health systems push artificial intelligence from pilots into everyday operations, a new type of engineer is moving closer to the clinical front lines. OpenAI and Microsoft are hiring forward-deployed engineers specifically for healthcare work, while Chicago-based Rush University Medical…
HCA Florida Trinity Hospital has promoted Matt Juttelstad to chief operating officer. Mr. Juttelstad steps into his new role after serving as the hospital’s vice president of operations since December 2024, according to a post on the Trinity, Fla.-based hospital’s…
Physician assistants averaged a salary of $155,000 in 2026, continuing a run of steady raises since 2022, according to a report from Medscape. The topline number hides a more complicated picture: pay growth varies widely by specialty setting, state and…