Baton Rouge (La.) General, which operates over 600 licensed beds across three campuses, plans to open a 40,000-square-foot neighborhood hospital in Denham Springs, La.

Joe Rudisill was appointed CEO of HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, according to an Oct. 30 news release shared with Becker's.

On Oct. 28, Iowa's health department confirmed the death of a middle-aged resident who contracted Lassa fever, a viral disease common in West Africa but rare in the U.S. 

Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System is opening a centralized care coordination center in an effort to optimize bed capacity and reduce emergency department boarding across its six acute-care facilities.  

The American Pharmacists Association voiced concern over the rising number of pharmacy closures, saying they threaten access to pharmacists, particularly in rural and underserved communities, according to an Oct. 29 news release from the organization. 

Ann Arbor, Mich.-based the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center, part of Michigan Medicine, has received a $50 million donation.

U.S. job openings dropped to 7.4 million by the last day of September, the lowest level since January 2021, according to data released Oct. 29 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Novant Health Enterprises, a division of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health, has debuted a company aimed at enhancing retail, infusion and specialty pharmacy services across the Southeast. 

Safety is a public health issue that affects not only the well-being of our patients, but also the integrity of our entire industry. Over the years, we've made incredible strides in improving safety standards. Yet challenges remain. And, as we broaden our understanding of what constitutes "harm," we begin to realize that emotional damage to patients can be just as impactful as the physical. 

NewYork-Presbyterian, based in New York City, won two Emmy Awards for Best Commercial and Best Editor in Short Form Content.

Health systems across the nation are working to improve health equity for patients, but many systems approach the issue with an outcomes-focused lens, which may actually make equity harder to achieve.

Median days cash on hand dipped to a 10-year low for U.S. hospitals and health systems, according to an Aug. 7 S&P Global Ratings' report.

Fisherville, Va.-based Augusta Health will move to a Meditech Expanse EHR system. 

San Clemente, Calif.-based CareTrust REIT will acquire 31 skilled nursing facilities in Tennessee and Alabama for approximately $500 million.

Fifty-six percent of surveyed physicians are highly concerned that a peer review could be misused to punish a physician for reasons unrelated to the review, Medscape Medical News reported Oct. 30.

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health is implementing a new primary care model that it expects will significantly expand access to care.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health has appointed Mindy Hong as CEO of the Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Arlington (Texas). 

Here are four hospital, health system and medical group CFO moves that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 28:

On Oct. 29, the American Nurses Credentialing Center recognized nine health systems and healthcare organizations for outstanding nursing continuing professional development interventions. 

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag has launched an oncoplastic breast surgery fellowship, the first fellowship of its kind in the U.S.