Seleem Choudhury, DNP, RN, has been appointed president and CEO of UChicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenOaks in Glendale Heights, Ill., effective June 15. Dr. Choudhury brings two decades of experience in academic and community hospital settings, according to a May 15…
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As pharmacy deserts proliferate across the U.S., particularly in rural areas, Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health is utilizing the 340B program to help fill the gap. Jennifer Bair, PharmD, chief pharmacy officer at Prisma Health, told Becker’s that the health system…
Siemens Healthineers will relocate Varian manufacturing operations from Baja, Mexico, to Palo Alto, Calif. Varian produces radiotherapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy and brachytherapy systems and software. The move will add about 50 manufacturing jobs to the operation, according to a May…
Union activity in healthcare in 2025 already has seen at least a dozen strikes and 20 hospital-union elections reported as of May 15. This follows a year marked by increasing union elections and fewer strikes at hospitals and health systems,…
Carolyn Jackson, who stepped down as CEO of Tenet Healthcare’s St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., on Feb. 14, has joined Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health. Ms. Jackson was named CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Braintree (Mass.), according to…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health reported an operating loss of $85 million (-0.9% operating margin) in the third quarter of 2025, compared to an operating loss of $365 million (-3.9% margin) during the same period last year. Note: Figures are adjusted to…
In a world first, a team from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine has successfully treated a patient with a customized CRISPR gene-editing therapy. The patient, KJ, was born with severe carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency. Standard treatment for…
Baltimore-based University of Maryland School of Medicine has appointed Tarek Hanna, MD, as chief of the diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine clinical service. Dr. Hanna will also serve as chair of the school’s department of diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine,…
In this episode of the Becker’s Healthcare Podcast, Erika Spicer Mason is joined by Dr. Hemant Keny of Kaiser Permanente Northern California and Dr. Matthew Schiralli of Rochester Regional Health to discuss the impact of the Geriatric Surgery Verification Program.…
The implications of proposed cuts to Medicaid funding are beginning to reverberate among hospital leaders throughout Washington state. Many believe the cuts could present significant challenges for hospitals there. The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced a bill May 14…