Kelly Gooch

1 day ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Kelly Gooch

Healthcare gained 62,200 jobs in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is above the average monthly increase of 44,000 jobs over the previous 12 months. Healthcare gained 50,600 jobs in April, according to the bureau. Here are four other things to know from the June 6 report:1. May job growth continued for hospitals and ambulatory healthcare services, which added 29,900 and 28,700 jobs, respectively. 2.

1 day ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Kelly Gooch

A security guard was shot and wounded June 5 during an incident inside the emergency department at Endeavor Health Evanston (Ill.) Hospital, the Evanston Police Department said in a series of posts on X. At 7:26 p.m., the Crisis Alternative Response Team, a non-police response unit to some low-risk calls, approached an Evanston resident near a Taco Bell in the city’s downtown area, according to police.

2 days ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Kelly Gooch

Saad Ehtisham was appointed president and CEO of Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System, effective July 30. Mr. Ehtisham brings more than two decades of healthcare experience to the role, according to a June 5 news release. Currently, he is senior vice president and president of acute care operations for Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health.

2 days ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Kelly Gooch

Shereef Elnahal, MD, former undersecretary for health at the Department of Veterans Affairs and former CEO of University Hospital in Newark, N.J., is the sole finalist for the president role at Oregon Health & Science University. Portland-based OHSU announced Dr. Elnahal was the lone finalist on June 5. The academic health center had planned to have two finalists give separate virtual presentations to the OHSU community.

2 days ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Kelly Gooch

Members of the Michigan Nurses Association are asking for greater clarity about their jobs ahead of South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System’s planned acquisition of Ascension hospitals in southwest Michigan. In a June 4 news release, the union said hundreds of nurses at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich., and Ascension Borgess Allegan Hospital are left wondering about their jobs after the deal closes.