Category: Press Release

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare named Zach Yoder, BSN, RN, president of three Illinois hospitals in its Western Region, effective March 29. Mr. Yoder will serve as president of OSF HealthCare Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, OSF HealthCare Saint Luke Medical Center in Kewanee and OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, according to […]

Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Main Line Health is providing student debt relief to 173 nurses through a donor-funded effort that has brought in $4.26 million across four of its hospitals since early 2025, according to the health system. The effort began with a $1 million donation at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, Pa., in early 2025 […]

Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida has named four leaders across its system. The appointments include two hospital CEOs, according to a March 23 health system news release. Carlos Hernandez was named CEO of Baptist Health Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables and executive leader for Baptist Health Orthopedics, effective May 1. He most recently served […]

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine Health Network has seen double-digit growth in new patient appointments and heart services, thanks in part to a dyad partnership model among its leaders. New patient visits in the Health Network have had a compound annual growth rate of 17% over the last five years. Within cardiology services, echo is up 16%, […]

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices outlined 15 strategies for reducing medication errors in clinical settings in its 2026-2027 “Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals.” The update includes three new best practices and 12 carried forward from previous cycles. ISMP launched the Targeted Best Practices program in 2014 to help hospitals implement “low-effort, high-impact […]

Bristol Myers Squibb has received two expanded U.S. approvals for Opdivo (nivolumab) combinations that establish additional immunotherapy options for classical Hodgkin lymphoma across pediatric and adult populations. The FDA approved Opdivo in combination with doxorubicin, vinblastine and dacarbazine (AVD) for previously untreated stage 3 or 4 classical Hodgkin lymphoma in patients age 12 and older, […]

Tyler Grajeda has been named vice president of operations for HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood (Texas), according to a March 23 LinkedIn post. The hospital is part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s HCA Houston Healthcare. Prior to his new role, Mr. Grajeda served as associate administrator for HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center, according to his LinkedIn […]

Pfizer and Valneva’s investigational Lyme disease vaccine candidate, PF-07307405 (LB6V), demonstrated more than 70% efficacy in preventing Lyme disease among individuals age 5 and older, according to topline phase 3 trial results. The prespecified analysis showed 74.8% efficacy starting one day after the fourth dose and 73.2% efficacy starting 28 days after the fourth dose, […]

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health is expanding its Medicare accountable care organization with the addition of Penn Highlands Healthcare, effective January 2027. Three things to know:  1. DuBois, Pa.-based Penn Highlands, which serves rural communities across western Pennsylvania, will join the ACO as a participating organization. The move will add about 4,900 beneficiaries to WellSpan’s ACO, […]

SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City, Mo., has appointed Beth Eidson, MSN, chief nursing officer, effective March 22. Over the past decade, Ms. Eidson has served in leadership roles across multiple Missouri-based health systems, overseeing EHR implementations, level 1 trauma designations and nursing services, according to a March 20 news release shared with […]