After 15 years in the role, John Chessare, MD, will retire in 2025 as president and CEO of Townson, Md.-based Greater Baltimore Medical Center HealthCare.

The former CEO of Loretto Hospital in Chicago is charged in an indictment alleging corruption and embezzlement.

Hospitals and health systems nationwide are implementing conservation strategies and exploring alternatives to address the national shortage of IV fluids. 

Hospitals and health systems nationwide are delaying elective or nonemergency procedures to conserve IV fluid supplies amid a national shortage. 

CVS Health's Coram is discontinuing its infusion service offerings for antibiotics, inotropic medications, total parenteral nutrition and other acute home infusion therapies and plans to close or sell 29 regional pharmacies in the coming months, according to an Oct. 11 statement shared with Becker's. 

The landscape of community healthcare in the U.S. has been changing rapidly as major drugstore chains like Rite Aid, Walgreens and CVS announced widespread closures leading to widespread "pharmacy deserts," CNBC reported Oct. 11.