Crystal Manning-Mitchell, MSN, RN, has been appointed CEO of River Oaks Hospital in Harahan, La., part of King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, according to a LinkedIn post. Ms. Manning-Mitchell began serving in the role in April. Previously, she…
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In this episode, Wendy Merchant-Schulte, Vice President of Nursing Services at Orbis, and Dr. Hollie Caldwell, Dean of the College of Nursing at Concordia University, discuss how collaborative academic and healthcare partnerships can create more consistent, student-centered nursing education while…
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The American Association for Cancer Research has called the proposed federal grant regulations published May 29 by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget “reckless” and a “major threat” to the National Institutes of Health. “The intention of these…
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Lacey Crabb, MSN, has been appointed hospital administrator of Ascension Calumet Hospital in Chilton, Wis. Ms. Crabb brings extensive experience in rural healthcare leadership, according to a June 22 Facebook post from the hospital. She will serve as a key…
The New England Journal of Medicine has retracted the clinical trial publication behind Amgen’s rare disease drug Tavneos after two of the study’s authors requested the retraction over undisclosed changes to how patient outcomes were assessed. In a June 29…
A Mississippi Chancery Court judge ordered June 29 the state’s Division of Medicaid to release a scheduled payment of around $2.4 million to Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital. The order came after the case was sent back to the chancery court…