Epic sent a letter June 16 to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, and ONC’s Thomas Keane, MD, with its suggestions for improving the nation’s digital health infrastructure. Here are five key takeaways fr ...

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has appointed Jeffrey Drebin, MD, PhD, as chief physician executive. Dr. Drebin previously served as chair of the department of surgery, ...

Angela Davis has been named CFO of Juneau, Alaska-based Bartlett Regional Hospital, effective June 23. Ms. Davis has more than 28 years of financial leadership experience. She previously served as CFO ...

Nemours Children’s Health has tapped Mark Twite, MD, as chief of cardiac anesthesia at Nemours Children’s Cardiac Center in Wilmington, Del.  Dr. Twite will also serve as co-director of the Nemours ...

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has appointed Cynthia Dold president of its Washington market, where the health system provides healthcare and coverage to more than 500,000 people. Ms. Dold ...

St. Louis-based SSM Health has named Mike Angelidis, MD, chief medical officer of two of its hospitals in Oklahoma: SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital-Midwest and SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital-Shawnee.

Memorial Hospital has cut six administrative positions as it aims for $4 million in reductions and new revenue to balance its $119 million annual budget, VTDigger reported June 12. The layoffs ...

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has launched Coronet Ventures Netherlands, a venture fund focused on early-stage health and life sciences startups that plans to invest $50 million in the next decade.

On June 18, the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits minors from receiving gender-affirming care, and opens the doors for other states to enact similar laws. The case, United States v.

Researchers from Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System have developed an EHR-integrated tool to detect pulmonary arterial hypertension, a form of heart failure, according to a study ...

Dave Griffin, 81, credits an integrated, value-based care system with helping him overcome several health hurdles over 50 years, including long-term diabetes and a recent intestinal blockage. In ...

Maintaining a safe and secure environment is paramount in healthcare facilities where providers have a responsibility to protect patients and visitors from significant physical threats. Hospital ...