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Berkshire Health Systems names successor to retiring chief executive, and VCU Health announces first VP for diversity

West Virginia University Health System has shifted top leaders into new roles. Medical City, Doctors Hospital and the University of Maryland system named new executives.

The longtime leader of Fox Chase Cancer Center has stepped down, while Southeast Georgia Health System names a new chief executive.

Owensboro Health Regional Hospital gets new COO, Carilion Clinic names first VP of philanthropy

Emanuel Medical Center has a new CEO, while the longtime leader of CoxHealth plans to retire next year.

Some Dignity hospitals in the Sacramento market will have new chief executives later this month.

Broadlawns Medical Center and Virginia Mason Franciscan Health both name new chief nursing officers, and more executive moves.

Kindred Healthcare’s CEO is set to depart when LifePoint Health completes its acquisition and other executive moves.

Yet another organization has hired someone to fill the newly created role of chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer and more executive moves.

The CEOs at CommonSpirit Health and Jefferson Health are both retiring, the University of Vermont Health Network hires for newly created diversity and inclusion role and more.

Multiple organizations named announced the appointment of new CEOs, while Acadia Healthcare announced its CEO was retiring in January 2022.

Wellstar announces Le Joyce Naylor in the new diversity, equity and inclusion role; MD Anderson names Caroline Chung, M.D., the first chief data officer; and more executive moves.

Mount Sinai has a new president, as does The US Oncology Network; WellSpan appoints its first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, Sutter Health’s CEO is retiring in 2022, and more executive moves.

Yale New Haven Health's CEO is retiring after 43 years with the organization, Memorial Sloan Kettering has a new chief nurse executive after two decades and more executive moves and appointments.

While the main healthcare organizations expressed effusive support over President Joe Biden’s new mandate for COVID-19 vaccinations among millions of healthcare workers and private-sector employees, there are concerns about the current healthcare workforce shortage.

Allina Health’s CEO will retire at the end of 2021 while McLaren Bay Region announced a new CEO and the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center has a new president. Meanwhile, two interim leaders will fill in at OSU Wexner Medical Center.

Ransomware attacks tend to increase around holiday weekends, like Labor Day weekend. Here is a look at some recent healthcare data breaches.

Interim executives are made permanent at Cleveland Clinic, Inova Loudoun Hospital, and University of Utah (U of U) Health, while Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and MD Anderson announce new hires.

As infections and hospitalizations rise across the country, groups led by the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association called for mandatory vaccinations of staff.

Shah will bring unique insights into Maven’s 24/7 model that seeks to reduce unnecessary C-sections and emergency department visits and improve clinical outcomes.

A patient-centered cancer center for Rutgers; new leadership for cancer care in New Orleans.

A few dozen employees had sued but a federal judge dismissed the suit as frivolous.

The wave of post-pandemic retirements continues.

Joseph Cacchione, MD, FACC, executive vice president of Clinical & Network Services at Ascension, discusses how his company was able to provide care and support to patients and staff during the pandemic.

Ascension's use of a multi-channel approach to get COVID-19 vaccines to their communities was beneficial in improving access, said Joseph Cacchione, MD, FACC, executive vice president of Clinical & Network Services at Ascension.

Joseph Cacchione, MD, FACC, executive vice president of Clinical & Network Services at Ascension, explained the advantages of working in a multi-state system during a pandemic and how Ascension catered its response to better serve diverse populations.

Joseph Cacchione, MD, FACC, executive vice president of Clinical & Network Services at Ascension, described some of the lessons he learned from operating in states that were hit hard during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joseph Cacchione, MD, FACC, executive vice president of Clinical & Network Services at Ascension, discusses how collecting data on social determinants on health and food insecurity helped address health equity during the pandemic.

The award is named for Seema S. Sonnad, PhD, who helped launch and then co-directed the Value Institute at ChristianaCare in Delaware, one of the nation’s largest, integrated healthcare systems.