After nearly three decades at University of Toledo Medical Center, from inpatient pharmacist to hospital executive, Russell Smith, PharmD, is now applying his extensive clinical background to lead ...

A study found that a once-daily pill called obicetrapib significantly lowered LDL cholesterol in patients at high risk for heart disease. The clinical trial, published May 7 in The New England Journal ...

The specialty drug pipeline is robust with several new medications anticipated to gain approval in the coming years. Healthcare leaders need to be poised to have a deep understanding of the clinical ...

Lee Health, a seven-hospital system based in Fort Myers, Fla., named Minka Schofield, MD, as its new chief quality and patient safety officer.  At Lee Health, Dr. Schofield will “be responsible for ...

Cincinnati-based TriHealth has signed an agreement to acquire Clinton Memorial Hospital, a 140-bed facility in Wilmington, Ohio. Once regulatory approvals and closing conditions are met, Clinton ...

Cleveland Clinic has named Alice Kim, MD, as the top leader of Marymount Hospital in Garfield Heights, Ohio.  Dr. Kim will assume the role of vice president and chief medical officer on Sept. 15, ...

A proposed $793 billion cut to federal Medicaid spending is projected to cause 16,642 premature deaths among adults each year as Americans lose coverage, according to a study published June 16 in the ...

Risant Health, the nonprofit formed by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, has added several leaders in 2025, including a chief medical information officer. Formed in 2023, Risant — based in ...

A New Mexico judge has agreed with a state labor board, finding that University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Rio Rancho violated a union’s right to bargain over a proposed 2023 ...

Four leaders of Amazon’s healthcare units announced plans to exit the company in 2025. Here are the leaders who have departed or announced plans to leave in 2025, as reported by Becker’s: ...

Ryan Koos was appointed senior vice president and chief supply chain officer at Phoenix-based Banner Health, effective June 16. Mr. Koos joins Banner Health with more than 22 years of leadership ...

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health investigated two remote workers hired to process lab requisitions after discovering they were operating outside the U.S. and may have misrepresented their identities.