Category: Press Release

As he approaches his one-year anniversary as president and CEO of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth, David Banks pointed to mounting headwinds and broader industry changes as key challenges for health system leaders. Mr. Banks wrote in a LinkedIn post earlier in March, “Nothing strikes fear in the heart of a cyclist like a headwind. As […]

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and Guyana’s Ministry of Health have launched a national quality improvement program focused on advancing patient safety and hospital care through digital, data-driven strategies. The initiative began with a two-day leadership workshop held March 26-27, during which clinical and administrative teams from six newly constructed regional hospitals worked […]

Penn Medicine’s Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital and Lancaster Nursing & Rehabilitation Center have reported two cases of Legionnaires’ disease, LancasterOnline reported March 27. The hospital treated a patient with Legionnaires’ in early February, and the individual has since been discharged, Nitin Patel, MD, medical director of infection prevention and chair of antimicrobial stewardship at the […]

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is a 190-hospital, for-profit system that reported $75.6 billion in revenues in 2025. Here are the CFO and assistant CFO leadership changes the system and its affiliates have seen in 2026: 1. Eram Ahmed was appointed assistant CFO of HCA Florida Englewood (Fla.) Hospital. 2. Zane Evans was named CFO of HCA Florida Poinciana […]

A 420-bed medical center in Palm Beach County, Florida, faced a significant challenge in its OB/GYN hospitalist services. As a level one trauma center with a complex patient mix, the facility relied heavily on collaboration among service lines. Yet, the OB/GYN department was understaffed, morale was low, and many community partners questioned whether the facility […]

The profession of nursing finds itself at a critical juncture. In the past year, headlines have chronicled escalating workplace violence against health care workers, a rise in strikes and job actions as clinicians call for safe staffing and fair conditions, and a U.S. Department of Education proposal that would exclude graduate nursing from the list […]

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has received state approval to build a 20-bed hospital and a separate freestanding emergency department. Four things to know: 1. The plans approved by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services include a hospital in Leland and a freestanding emergency department in Carolina Shores, according to a March 30 […]

The CDC is tracking a new SARS-CoV-2 variant — BA.3.2 — that has been identified in 23 countries, including the U.S. BA.3.2 has been nicknamed the “cicada” variant as it has largely remained undetected or “underground” — like its insect namesake — since being discovered, Robert Hopkins Jr., MD, a prominent infectious diseases expert and […]

The American Organization for Nursing Leadership will award five nursing leaders, one hospital and one chapter at its annual conference March 29-April 1, in Chicago. Here are the award recipients, according to a March 26 news release from the organization: Jeffrey Doucette, DNP, RN, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Press Ganey, will […]

West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Ill., has been offered aid from another state hospital after payroll challenges tied to its EMR system triggered it to suspend patient services March 27. Insight Hospital & Medical Center Chicago, part of Flint, Mich.-based Insight Health Systems, has offered to “step in” to maintain the 234-bed safety-net […]