Longitude Health has named Colin Drylie COO of Longitude FX, a member-owned agentic utility aimed at advancing shared services from patient access to revenue cycle and back-office functions. In his new role, Mr. Drylie will oversee platform operations for Longitude…
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The Cybersecurity Working Group of the Health Sector Coordinating Council has published a guide to help hospitals and health systems manage AI-related cyber threats. The report addresses a range of threats, from traditional, reactive, machine-learning tactics to agentic AI systems…
An experimental oral cancer drug has shown signs of effectiveness across six types of solid tumors in patients whose cancers had stopped responding to immunotherapy. The therapy, GRWD5769, was evaluated in combination with cemiplimab in patients with secondary anti-PD-1 resistance…
Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health is laying off about 90 employees as part of a restructuring effort. The reduction affects about 1% of the regional nonprofit health system’s workforce and takes effect this week, a Centra spokesperson told Becker’s. The layoffs…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health aims to move its entire system onto a single EHR by 2030 and is running two years ahead of schedule, executives said during the health system’s May 29 investor call. The 137-hospital system said 65% of the…
Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health is reporting strong results, including no patient deaths or healthcare-acquired infections, from its first year of hospital at home. Here are five things to know from a June 1 news release: 1. Launched in April 2025,…
The FDA has approved Xocova (ensitrelvir) for post-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in adults and adolescents age 12 and older following contact with an individual who has COVID-19. The approval makes Xocova the first and only oral option to help prevent…
Reese Jackson is no longer president and CEO of Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Healthcare, effective May 30. He had been in the role since 2016, a health system spokesperson said in a June 1 statement shared with Becker’s. “Mr. Jackson is…
South Dakota is considering a proposal to build the nation’s first Indigenous School of Medicine in Rapid City, the Mitchell Republic reported June 1. Here is what to know. 1. Donald Warne, MD, a physician, co-director for the Center for…
Lydia Hendrix, DNP, BSN, RN, has been named regional COO for Leesburg-based UF Health Central Florida. Dr. Hendrix previously served in a leadership role at UF Health Leesburg Hospital and has helped advance operations, quality, safety and team member engagement…