New Road Warriors episode features Mike Racioppi
In this NEW episode of Road Warriors, Scott interviews Mike Racioppi of Henry Schein. Mike gives some great insight into the current state of the industry, what he looks for when hiring leaders, and sage advice about how to achieve success. And to top it all off, Mike’s story about John Moran and Welch Allyn is one of the best we’ve had on the podcast yet.
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Owens & Minor elects Gwendolyn Bingham to board of directors
Owens & Minor, Inc. (Richmond, VA) has appointed Lieutenant General Gwendolyn Bingham to its board of directors, effective March 5, 2020. A retired 3-star US Army Lieutenant General, Lieutenant General Bingham served as Department of the Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, where she provided policy, programs, and resourcing expertise for installation infrastructure and services for 156 Army installations worldwide.
Masimo expands partnership with MS Westfalia GmbH
Masimo (Irvine, CA) and MS Westfalia GmbH (Germany) announced that MSW will integrate additional Masimo measurement technologies into MSW’s plug-and-play hybrid Jenny platform, to help clinicians assess brain function, oxygenation, ventilation, and resuscitation status. After launching the Jenny modular point-of-care monitoring device with integrated Masimo noninvasive, continuous rainbow SET measurements (including total hemoglobin, SpHb) and Masimo sidestream and mainstream NomoLine capnography, MSW plans to add Masimo Next Generation SedLine Brain Function Monitoring, O3 Regional Oximetry, and Oxygen Reserve Index (ORi) to Jenny. The company says this will make the platform more versatile and comprehensive and suitable for use in a variety of care areas, including the ICU and the OR, as well as in EMS and military settings.
Urgent care industry grows to more than 9,000 centers nationwide
According
to the annual Benchmarking Report from the Urgent Care Association (UCA), the
total number of urgent care centers in the U.S. reached 9,616 as of November
2019, representing growth of 9.6% from the prior year. The report also
indicates that almost 97% of urgent care patient encounters lasted one hour or
less.
Additional findings of the report include:
- 98% of all respondents indicate that they have at least one monitor in place to oversee antibiotic prescribing
- 30% of respondents who are not currently offering telemedicine services intend to do so within six to twelve months
Midmark announces retirement of chief administrative officer Sharyl Gardner
Midmark Corp., announced the retirement of Sharyl
Gardner, chief administrative officer. Gardner plans to retire at the end of
March after 13 years with Midmark.
With more than three decades of managerial and leadership experience, Gardner
started her career at Midmark in 2007 as vice president of human resources and
was promoted to her current role as chief administrative officer in 2009. As
part of her planned transition, Gardner most recently directed senior executive
level succession planning and served on the Midmark digital ecosystem advisory
council. As the liaison between executive management and shareholders at
Midmark, she also led management’s role in board administration and
recruitment, serving as the senior management representative to the nominating
and governance committee and compensation committees of the board as well as
secretary to the board. During her career at Midmark, she also led many of the
shared services functions including IT, corporate communications, human
resources, customer care and guest services.
John Baumann, president and CEO of Midmark stated, “Sharyl’s passion for
Midmark has certainly made a deep-rooted impact on our organization. She dedicated
her career at Midmark to our teammates’ growth. No matter the tenure, it was
Sharyl’s mission that you were to leave Midmark better than you came—and she
accomplished that mission with every teammate she touched. I am thrilled that
she will be able to spend more time with her grandchildren, travel and dedicate
more time to her nonprofit work. We wish her the absolute best.”