Kristin Kuchno

Whenever Annette Walker, president of Irvine, Calif.-based City of Hope Orange County, has entered a hospital’s spiritual care center, typically she sees one of two things. “Either they look like a white conference room and they’re so neutral that they don’t offend anybody, but they also don’t inspire anybody,” she…

Ruchita Sharma has been named chief human resources officer of New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery, according to an Aug. 29 LinkedIn post. In her new role, Ms. Sharma will lead the hospital’s talent strategy, and will help align its people strategy with innovation, long-term value creation and business…

Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health named Parker Pridgen as president of its North Coast network. Mr. Pridgen previously served as CEO for AdventHealth Apopka (Fla.), according to a Sept. 3 health system news release shared with Becker’s. He also worked at Adventist Health Simi Valley from 2010 to 2013, first as…

Novo Nordisk’s popular weight loss drug, Wegovy, is the first and only GLP-1 medication approved to treat metabolic associated steatohepatitis, a serious condition marked by liver scarring.  The FDA granted the approval Aug. 15.  Injectable GLP-1 drugs primarily treat obesity and Type 2 diabetes, and some have additional indications including…

VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Va., named Georgia McIntosh, MD, as chief quality and safety officer on Sept. 4.  Dr. McIntosh previously served as interim chief quality and safety officer for a year and a half. Before that, she was associate chief quality and safety officer from July 2022 to…

States are beginning to take vaccine policies and recommendations into their own hands amid turmoil at the CDC, which could lead to a patchwork of varying approaches across the country and raise logistical questions for multi-state health systems.  This year, changes to the vaccine landscape — particularly surrounding COVID-19 shots…

From a New York hospital suing its fired CEO to a judge ordering Steward Health Care to pay nearly $1 billion in a malpractice case, here are 10 hospital lawsuits, settlements and legal developments that Becker’s has reported since Aug. 13:  1. The Justice Department filed a civil complaint against…

Michael Schill will step down from his role as president of Evanston, Ill.-based Northwestern University following a three-year tenure. Mr. Schill, who became the university’s 17th president in September 2022, said he reached the decision in consultation with the board of trustees, according to a Sept. 4 Northwestern news release.…

Silver Spring, Md.-based Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic Regional President and CEO Andre Boyd Sr. was appointed to two healthcare leadership boards. The Maryland Hospital Association named Mr. Boyd to its board of trustees as one of five new members elected for fiscal 2026, according to a Sept. 3 health system news…

UNC Health is aiming to build a new pipeline of OB-GYNs equipped not only to practice in rural communities, but to take on leadership roles where they can address longstanding disparities in maternal care access and outcomes. The Chapel Hill, N.C.-based system recently created a first-of-a-kind obstetrics and gynecology fellowship…