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Cincinnati, Ohio-based Mercy Health has saved more than $42 million on drugs since 2010 by building a formulary within its electronic health record platform.

LifePoint Health has wrapped up its acquisition of Providence Hospitals, the company announced Tuesday in a joint statement with the Sisters of Charity System, which originally founded Providence.

Plano, Texas-based Heart to Heart Hospice, one of the largest hospice providers in the country, has launched a companion charitable foundation of the same name, the company announced Monday.

CEO compensation at national benchmark hospitals was 17 percent higher than those further down on the list, after adjusting for hospital class, Truven and Mercer found.

John Paul, president and CEO of Allegheny Health Network, will be joining Highmark Health as a special advisor to President and CEO David Holmberg, the companies announced Tuesday.

Two hospitals in the Brookwood Medical Center/Baptist Health System network in central Alabama have appointed new chief financial officers for their respective leadership teams.

CHI St. Luke's Health announced Monday that Jenny Barnett-Sarpalius will lead the Texas Division as their new chief financial officer. She has served as interim CFO of that division for the last 90 days, and her new role is effective immediately, the company said Monday.

The Broward Health community is mourning the loss of its leader, President and CEO Dr. Nabil El Sanadi, who died Saturday after authorities say he shot himself in the lobby restroom of his condominium building.

The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida will soon be home to a new lung restoration center, which physicians expect will help them effectively refurbish donated lungs for use in transplants.

Jefferson Health will merge with Kennedy Health, the healthcare systems announced on Friday, in a move that will add three New Jersey hospitals to the growing Philadelphia-based provider.