Leadership

Hawaii has the highest value-based purchasing score, a metric established by the Affordable Care Act to measure quality of care and number of services provided by hospitals, according to a report from Definitive Healthcare. 

Lafayette, La.-based physician Robert Cao, MD, has pleaded guilty to five felony counts of unlawful controlled substance distributions, the U.S. Justice Department said Nov. 8. 

Sarasota, Fla.-based CAN Community Health, a healthcare system with clinics in six states, including Florida and South Carolina, added Steven Barnett, MD, as its chief medical officer. 

Thirty-eight percent of medical residents said work schedule is the most important consideration when choosing their first position, according to Medscape's "Residents Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2022."

Autoimmune biopharmaceutical company Find Therapeutics has assembled a clinical advisory board to support its FTX-101 program. 

Eye health and safety nonprofit, Prevent Blindness, has appointed Jim McGrann as its chair, and added Susan Primo, OD, and Susan Stone to its board of directors. 

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $1 million, six-month grant to Jay Varma, MD, to study how countries around the world monitored and responded to COVID-19. 

The University of California San Francisco has established an endowment named in honor of Marcus Conant, MD, for HIV dermatology and LGBTQ health research. 

Harvard MedTech, a neurological-focused digital health company, has appointed Stephen Fisher, MD, to its medical advisory board. 

Elucid, a medtech imaging company using artificial intelligence to diagnose cardiovascular disease, has appointed Michael Lesh, MD, to its board.