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Durham, N.C.-based Duke Regional Hospital's chief nursing officer, chief financial officer and chief operating officer have been asked to step down from their roles after an assessment of the hospital's performance over the past year, according to an inte
Ken Frazier is joining General Catalystas its chairman of health assurance initiatives, a role the venture capital firm created to ramp up its investments in healthcare and pharma. Frazier just recently stepped down from his previous role as CEO of Merck, where he spent nearly a decade encouraging the pharma giant to prioritize research and pursue novel vaccines and therapeutics. At General Catalyst, he’ll be laying out strategy for the firm’s healthcare initiatives, fostering partnerships between healthcare and pharma and targeting health equity opportunities. He’ll also be in control...
While wintry weather cancels some vaccination clinics this week, state expects 24,000 additional doses North Carolina leading health care providers outlined the promise and challenges of COVID vaccine distribution in a virtual town hall organized by Congresswoman Deborah Ross on Wednesday. Kody Kinsley, the operations lead for NC DHHS COVID-19 Response, told the panel that while more than 1.8 million vaccines have been administered the need remains great. “It’s really hard. None of us are used to living in a kind of consumer-constrained supply environment,” Kinsley said. “It makes r...