University of Rochester Medicine Finger Lakes Health in Geneva, N.Y., has selected Gregory Hoffman-Fragale, DNP, RN, as its next chief nursing officer.

Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare is continuing to deal with ongoing operational challenges and is in the process of making "difficult decisions" to ensure care for the community. 

Mitchell Myers, MSN, RN, will resign as CEO of Opp, Ala.-based Mizell Memorial Hospital, effective June 7. 

In 2015, two nurses created a program to help medically complex children during emergencies. What they did not know at the time is the program would go on to improve care for those patients as well as save hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health and Dunkirk, N.Y.-based Brooks-TLC Hospital System will work together to build a hospital in Fredonia, N.Y., as part of Gov Kathy Hochul's safety net transformation program.

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth Research and Innovation Institute is among the first facilities in the nation — and one of 30 worldwide — to use new stroke prevention stents, according to a May 29 news release. 

St. Augustine, Fla.-based UF Health St. Johns, part of Gainesville, Fla.-based-UF Health, has named Kerry Watson interim CEO and Huson Gilberstadt, MD, as chief medical officer, effective immediately.

Michael Mutterer, RN, was selected as the new president and CEO of Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Ill.

Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare named Jordan Ruch as its new CIO. 

Washington, D.C.-based Children's National Hospital has created a new C-suite role: vice president and chief data and artificial intelligence officer. 

Skyler Reed has been appointed CEO of Medical City Women's Hospital Dallas and Medical City Children's Hospital in Dallas, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's Medical City Healthcare in Dallas. 

From a Massachussettes hospital settling allegations it knowingly billed for procedures that didn't follow Medicare rules to the conviction of a Texas physician in a $70 million scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has reported since May 10:

The following hospital and health system COO moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's since Dec. 14:

Healthcare has evolved from a fine-dining-like model to one that more closely resembles that of fast food; but fast-food medicine doesn't work, Mary Meyer, MD, an emergency physician and former director of emergency management for Oakland, Calif.-based Permanente Medical Group, wrote in an opinion piece posted June 2 on MedPage Today.

Caldwell, Idaho-based West Valley Medical Center, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has named Isabella Chisholm COO. 

Amazon has opened its first pharmacy in California, the Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram reported.

The All of Us Research Program run in collaboration by the University of Arizona in Tucson and Banner Health in Phoenix plans to lay off 45 employees due to reduced federal research funding, according to an Arizona WARN notice filed May 28. 

John Greely has been named senior vice president and COO of the University of Maryland Baltimore (Md.) Washington Medical Center, part of the University of Maryland Medical System. 

More cancer centers are turning to telehealth to expand their reach, with promising results for patients.

Chris Van Gorder, president and CEO of San Diego-based Scripps Health, which was hit with a ransomware attack in May 2021, discussed in an American Hospital Association podcast that healthcare organizations often hesitate to speak publicly about such incidents out of fear.