Phoenix-based Banner Health appointed Kevin Manemann executive vice president and chief operating and transformation officer, effective in October. Mr. Manemann will oversee Banner Health’s operational and transformation agenda, according to a Sept. 21 health system news release. He brings more…
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Suicide moved into the 10 leading causes of death in the U.S. in 2024, even as the number of suicide deaths declined from the year before. The finding comes from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics’ Sept. 22 report,…
Ruston, La.-based Northern Louisiana Medical Center has been removed from a 90-day Medicare termination track after clearing all condition-level deficiencies identified in the recent regulatory survey process, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. The spokesperson said the Louisiana Department of…
Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, has been appointed interim chief nursing officer of The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, effective Aug. 31. Dr. Wadsworth most recently served as COO of Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health and was senior vice…
Seven hospitals have earned the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet designation seven times — the most of any hospitals in the country. The Magnet Recognition Program is the ANCC’s highest honor for nursing excellence. A designation is valid for four…
An FDA advisory panel will meet Sept. 23 to review GRAIL’s Galleri test, a blood-based screening tool for multiple cancer types that would be the first FDA-authorized multi-cancer early detection device if approved, according to the agency’s executive summary released…
The EHR is increasingly becoming the place where health systems encounter, deploy and build artificial intelligence. Recent moves from Epic, Oracle Health and OpenAI, along with deployments at health systems across the country, show AI moving deeper into the systems…
If one word defined how hospital and health system CEOs talked about their organizations in 2026, it was efficiency. The term showed up in year-ahead priority lists, turnaround strategies, restructuring announcements and layoff notices alike — a sign of just…
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health’s research arm, Avera Research Institute, is partnering with two South Dakota universities to establish a statewide research center backed by an $11.1 million National Institutes of Health award over five years. The South Dakota Center…
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has named Mayil Dharmarajan its chief data and AI officer. Mr. Dharmarajan shared the appointment in a Sept. 21 LinkedIn post, saying he is joining the health system as it works to transform healthcare. “I’m…