John Summers, RN, has been appointed COO of TriStar Hendersonville (Tenn.) Medical Center, effective May 11. In his new role, Mr. Summers plans to continue advancing operational excellence, supporting service growth and strengthening patient experience, he wrote in a May…
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Russ Miller has been selected as CEO of Sedgwick County Health Center in Julesburg, Colo. Mr. Miller joins the organization from the Burlington, Colo., area and brings a background as a radiologic technologist, according to an April 23 hospital news…
Rich Lisitano plans to retire in June as president of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health’s Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn., and Westerley (R.I.) Hospital. Five things to know: 1. Mr. Lisitano has spent 40 years with the…
Luke Miller, PharmD, has been appointed COO of Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown in Nashville, Tenn., effective June 21, according to a May 4 news release shared with Becker’s. Dr. Miller has held multiple leadership roles within St. Louis-based Ascension,…
As U.S. nurses increasingly employ AI in their day-to-day tasks, the American Nurses Association is advocating for more nurse-led guardrails amid concerns of bias, unclear accountability and a decline in professional judgement. On April 22, the ANA hosted an invitation-only…
Hospitals are confronting a new and unexpected pressure point in 2026: Fewer patients losing coverage are transitioning to Medicaid. The slowdown, emerging alongside ACA exchange attrition, is adding to uninsured volumes and complicating payer mix assumptions for some of the…
For every additional patient assigned to a medical-surgical nurse in Pennsylvania, there is an associated 8% increase in fatality risk within 30 days, according to a study published April 30 in Medical Care. The study analyzed outcomes of nearly 550,000…
Cincinnati-based Good Samaritan Hospital must pay $10 million after a jury on May 1 ruled against the hospital in the death of 69-year-old Terri Price. The jury found the hospital liable after Ms. Price was admitted to a psychiatric unit…
Valerie Newman has been appointed COO of Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., she wrote in a May 4 LinkedIn post. Ms. Newman has served as COO of St. David’s Georgetown (Texas) Hospital since October 2024, according to her…
The FDA has approved Langlara, an interchangeable biosimilar to Lantus. The interchangeability designation allows pharmacists to substitute Langlara for Lantus without prescriber intervention in states that permit it, according to a May 5 news release from Lannett, which owns Langlara…