Hackensack Meridian Health sets sights on national stage

Opeyemi Oluwole joined Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health as chief marketing officer in late 2024, and hopes to turn the health system into a nationally recognized brand through personalized marketing and a consumer-focused approach to care. Becker’s caught up with Ms. Oluwole to discuss what she’s most proud of from…

UnityPoint nurses at 4 Iowa hospitals seek union election

Nurses working at UnityPoint Health hospitals in Des Moines, Iowa, are moving forward with their effort to form a union with Teamsters Local 90 after the system declined to voluntarily recognize the proposed union, the Des Moines Register reported Aug. 20. The National Labor Relations Board provides various paths to…

The value of early intervention with Collagenase SANTYL Ointment

A large-scale, real-world analysis of 15,639 patients treated with Collagenase SANTYL◊ Ointment underscores the clinical and economic benefits of early enzymatic debridement in wound management. Using NetHealth registry data from 2020–2023, the retrospective study, led by Boxuan Li, PhD, and colleagues, demonstrates that initiating SANTYL therapy early can accelerate wound…

The multi-state M&A playbook: Preparing for growth beyond your footprint

As hospitals and health systems continue to face challenges like mounting financial pressures, workforce shortages and the rapid integration of new technologies, many organizations are rethinking their growth strategies – moving beyond local mergers toward regional and multi-state expansions. Some of these expansions include New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health…

HCA Colorado hospital adds 24 beds in tower expansion

HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge in Thornton, Colo., has completed a $36.5 million patient tower expansion, according to an Aug. 21 hospital news release shared with Becker’s. The expansion added 24 medical-surgical beds and 19,093 square feet to the hospital, bringing its capacity to 180 beds. There is also 17,658 square…

US agrees to cap tariffs on European drug imports: 3 tariff updates

The U.S. has reached an agreement with the European Union to cap levies on pharmaceutical exports to 15%, according to a joint statement released Aug. 20. The announcement sheds more light on a trade agreement the two struck in July, making clear that tariffs on drug imports and semiconductors —…

Allegheny Health Network boosts operating margin to 4.5% in Q2

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network recorded an operating income of $64 million (4.5% operating margin), up from an operating loss of $25.9 million (-2.1% margin) during the same period last year, according to its Aug. 21 financial report. The system reported total operating revenue of $1.4 billion during the three months…

Why Epic doesn’t have a traditional marketing department

Epic Systems doesn’t have a traditional marketing department or advertise its products, relying instead on word of mouth and its founder and CEO Judy Faulkner, CNBC reported Aug. 16. Ardent Health CEO Marty Bonick told the publication that when he was weighing whether to convert some of his hospitals to…

U of Texas Medical Branch launches heart and vascular institute

Galveston-based University of Texas Medical Branch has launched a new heart and vascular institute alongside a new department of cardiovascular medicine. The Sealy Heart and Vascular Institute will be supported by a $30 million grant from the Sealy & Smith Foundation, according to an Aug. 20 news release from the…

29 hospitals with the lowest rates of unplanned visits after CABG

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital had the lowest rate of unplanned hospital visits among coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2024, according to CMS data published Aug. 6. The CMS measure is based on the unplanned hospital visits — including emergency department, under observation…

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