West Palm Beach, Fla.-based HCA Florida JFK North Hospital has named Sandhya Henry, BSN, RN, vice president of quality. Ms. Henry joined the hospital in 2022 as director of patient safety and risk management and succeeds Cary Estes, who joined…
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Sister Mary Faith McKean, PhD, who served as CEO of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah, Ga., from 1982 to 1992 and was the last Sister of Mercy to lead the institution, died July 6. Dr. McKean oversaw a decade of…
Jeff Daneff has been named CFO of the San Francisco-based UCSF Health Network, according to a July 9 LinkedIn page. Prior to his new role, Mr. Daneff served as market CFO for Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s California central coast, according to…
Certified registered nurse anesthetists in Vermont can now deliver anesthesia care without physician supervision. In a July 2 letter, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott told CMS the state will opt-out of federal physician supervision requirements, making it the 26th state to…
Saline Health System has appointed Josh Orzel, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer, the Benton, Ark.-based health system said in a July 9 news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Orzel had served in the role on an interim basis since March.…
Dubai Health and Chicago-based Rush University System for Health entered a strategic collaboration July 10 to advance care, patient safety and clinical education across both academic health systems. The collaboration covers clinical programs and care models, quality and patient safety,…
Minot, N.D.-based Trinity Health announced July 9 that it is exploring a strategic integration or partnership with a larger national or regional health system. The system said in a news release that rising costs to deliver care, combined with reimbursement…
Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health will open Aspirus Chippewa Falls Hospital and Clinic on Sept. 22, expanding access to hospital and outpatient services in a region affected by recent hospital closures. The 35,000-square-foot facility in Chippewa Falls, Wis., will provide emergency…
Picture the payer workflows that consume the most time: prior authorization, coverage determination, payer-to-payer exchange, denial appeals. Long-running, multi-party, regulated. Now picture autonomous agents handling that work, reliably and under full audit, across payer and provider systems. Almost no one…
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Men were more likely than women to receive a late-stage diagnosis for 16 cancer sites between 2015 and 2022, according to a study published July 1 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Researchers from the National Cancer Institute analyzed 2,401,772…