Hershey-based Penn State Health Golisano Children’s Hospital named Robert Ricca, MD, surgeon-in-chief, effective Sept. 1. In this role, Dr. Ricca will provide strategic leadership for pediatric surgical services across the hospital; advance patient care, quality, education, innovation and program growth;…
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Holly Wolff will resign as CEO of Jefferson Community Health & Life in Fairbury, Neb., effective Sept. 23. Ms. Wolff is leaving because of family obligations and will become a hospital CEO in Colfax, Wash., according to an Aug. 24…
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In this episode, Zachary Yoder, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, President, St. Mary Medical Center, Holy Family Medical Center and St. Luke Medical Center, OSF HealthCare, discusses expanding access to care in rural communities, investing in robotics and outpatient services, and…
Eight professional societies and the Sepsis Alliance published a position paper Aug. 25 in Clinical Infectious Diseases, outlining strategies for hospitals to improve sepsis outcomes. Four things to know: 1. The Infectious Diseases Society of America spearheaded the effort, developing…
In this episode, Leon Clark, Vice President, Chief Academic Affairs Officer and Designated Institutional Official at Sutter Health, and Dr. Peter Broderick, Director, Undergraduate Medical Education Department, Executive Consultant, Graduate Medical Education, Sutter Health, discuss Sutter Health’s partnership with Charles…
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Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed says files copied during its cybersecurity incident may have included patients’ Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and financial account information. The health system said its investigation into the incident, first disclosed July 26, is nearly complete…
At Tufts Medicine’s MelroseWakefield Hospital in Melrose, Mass., discharge planners rarely struggled to find the community services an older patient needed to go home safely. The harder part was getting the patient to say yes. That distinction sits behind a…