Jodi Coombs, BSN, RN, has been appointed interim president and CEO of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. Ms. Coombs brings more than 30 years of pediatric healthcare experience ...

Optum has named Valerie Barckhoff senior vice president of revenue cycle transformation, according to an April 21 post on her LinkedIn page.

Minnesota typically reports an average of one human and two animal tularemia cases per year. But in 2024, the state confirmed infections in five people and 27 animals — a sharp increase from previous ...

Victor Radina was appointed chief corporate development officer of St. Louis-based SSM Health. He brings a wealth of experience to the role, most recently serving as senior vice president and chief ...

Cancer researcher and a founding member of Pittsburgh-based UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Susann Gollin, MD, PhD, has died at 71.  Dr. Gollin “pioneered important discoveries in the field of head and ...

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has broken ground on the Saratoga Springs Multi-Specialty Clinic. The facility will offer primary care, speciality services and a new cancer center.  The ...

Patients in Medicaid expansion states had more timely treatment, a study from the Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found. The study, published April 11 in The Annals of ...

Overall cancer mortality rates decreased for men, women and children in the U.S. between 2018 and 2022, according to the National Cancer Institute’s “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of ...

Fairfield, Calif.-based NorthBay Health has appointed Christine Searight as vice president and chief marketing and communications officer. The health system announced the move via LinkedIn on April 16 ...

Ms. Cornwell comes to Summit Pacific with more than 14 years of experience as a CFO of critical access hospitals, according to a LinkedIn post from the hospital. Her past experience includes serving ...

The clinical burden of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has worsened across U.S. hospitals in recent years, according to a study published April 17 in BMC Infectious Diseases.  The ...

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus is updating its payment processes beginning May 15, as it moves to streamline and modernize how patients and visitors pay for services. Five ...