Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health has appointed Renuga Vivekanandan, MD, to the role of vice president and chief medical officer of its physician enterprise. 

Instilling psychological safety in the healthcare workforce is crucial in patient care, leaders have said. 

Losses for the healthcare industry from the CrowdStrike IT outage are estimated to reach $1.9 billion, according to a July 24 report from Parametrix Solutions, a provider of cloud monitoring, modeling and insurance services. 

Ozempic and other GLP-1 medications are increasingly affecting hospital operations and the U.S. healthcare industry. 

Jim Bickel, president and CEO of Columbus (Ind.) Regional Health, will retire next year.

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare has grown significantly since Founder, Chair and CEO Prem Reddy, MD, launched the health system in 2001. Now it is preparing to acquire nine Illinois hospitals from St. Louis-based Ascension in what would be the largest acquisition in the health system's 23-year history. 

Providence's family medicine residency program is cutting the number of new medical school graduates it recruits annually from 10 to four. The cuts, driven by a decrease in federal funding, will take effect next June, The Spokesman-Review reported July 25. 

Mexico, Mo.-based Audrain Community Hospital, shuttered since 2022, has been purchased for $1.1 million by Audrain County, Mo., in a joint effort among the county government, the city of Mexico and the Audrain Community Hospital Foundation. 

The following hospitals and health systems have announced or shared plans for raising workers' pay this year.

The following hospital and health system executive moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's this year:

St. Bernard Hospital, located in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, recently celebrated its 120th anniversary. Leaders say this milestone is particularly meaningful given the challenges of remaining sustainable in today's healthcare environment.

Christine Alexander-Rager, MD, has been named MetroHealth's acting president and CEO while Airica Steed, EdD, RN, is on medical leave.

Tony Martinelli, PharmD, will become president and CEO of New Martinsville, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Wetzel County Hospital on Aug. 15.

Doylestown (Pa.) Health is meeting certain financial goals that will clear the way for a definitive agreement to merge with the University of Pennsylvania Health System, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal. 

Healthcare is shifting to a multi-region model and the number of health systems operating in multiple states is rapidly increasing. 

Clinician leaders might want to enourage their teams to meet hospitalized patients at their eye level, according to a meta-analysis published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. 

U.S. workers' confidence in their careers is now lower than it was at the height of the pandemic, according to LinkedIn's most recent Workforce Confidence survey. 

Dallas-based Steward Health Care plans to close two of its Massachusetts hospitals: Dorchester, Mass.-based Carney Hospital and Ayer, Mass.-based Nashoba Valley Medical Center.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., has introduced legislation that would shield communities from care interruptions in the event of a hospital closure.

The Justice Department pointed to antitrust scrutiny for why UnitedHealth Group's Optum backed out of its planned acquisition of Dallas-based Steward Health Care's physician group, Stewardship Health.