Category: Press Release

The number of deceased donors whose transplanted organs were suspected of transmitting Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus increased about five-fold between January 2021 and September 2025 compared to between 2016 and 2020, according to a March 5 report from the CDC. A Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection can cause Kaposi sarcoma — a type of cancer that forms […]

Kevin Stuart Wardell, a former executive at Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare, died Feb. 26 at age 74, according to his obituary. In 2003, Mr. Wardell joined Norton Healthcare, for which he led the downtown Louisville adult teaching and tertiary care hospital until 2013. From 2014 to his retirement in 2016, he served as executive leader […]

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has expanded its cell and gene therapy program to include 12 FDA-approved therapies.  The program now offers more cell and gene therapies than any pediatric center on the West Coast, according to a March 5 news release from the hospital. The therapies treat neuromuscular disorders, blood disorders, cancer, inherited retinal disease, […]

Stacy Graymire, RN, BSN, has been named vice president and chief nursing officer of Lima (Ohio) Memorial Health System, effective March 15. She has spent the last three years as executive director of nursing at Lima Memorial. Prior to that, she served as director of surgical services. Ms. Graymire has led numerous efforts to improve […]

Meditech is expanding the artificial intelligence capabilities of its Expanse EHR platform, introducing new tools aimed at easing clinical documentation, improving patient engagement and strengthening revenue cycle performance. The company unveiled several updates in a March 10 news release, including native ambient intelligence for physicians and nurses. Here are four things to know: The technology […]

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth opened its $21.5 million AdventHealth Meadow Woods emergency room March 10 in Orlando, Fla., making it the health system’s 27th freestanding ER in the state.  The 13,700-square-foot facility comprises 12 patient rooms, respiratory therapy services, diagnostic imaging, an on-site and full-service laboratory, and a pharmacy, according to a March 10 news […]

Chad Wasserman, senior vice president and CIO of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, said operational stability is essential for scaling AI and digital innovation across large health systems. In a recent interview on the “Technovation” podcast, Mr. Wasserman discussed how HCA Healthcare integrates technology into care delivery, advances its AI strategy and prepares its workforce to […]

VA Bedford (Mass.) Healthcare System is launching a geriatrics and extended care nurse practitioner residency program. The program, led by Brittany Carey, MSN, APRN, will provide geriatric-focused clinical and educational experience through a 12-month supervised clinical rotation, according to a March 9 hospital news release. The program includes rotations in community living centers, geriatric evaluation […]

A March 9 draft guidance from the FDA proposes an allowance for biosimilar sponsors to use clinical data from outside the U.S. to seek the agency’s approval, which would reduce the requirement of at least one study in the approval process.  Current FDA guidance requires drugmakers to conduct at least one pharmacokinetic study that directly […]