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Hires

Abridge has welcomed Mario Queiroz as its new chief product officer. He made the transition from Hinge Health, where he held a similar position. Prior to that, Queiroz dedicated nearly 15 years to Google.Ambience Healthcare is delighted to have William Morris on board as its new chief medical officer. He comes to the organization from Google Cloud, where he served as the chief medical information officer. Before that, he spent over 15 years at Cleveland Clinic.The American Hospital Association has named Claire Zangerle as its new chief nurse executive and CEO of its American Organization for Nursing Leadership. In the past, she held leadership positions at Allegheny Health Network, Cleveland Clinic, and Memorial Hermann Health System.The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic has hired David Peter as its chief medical officer. Before this role, he spent nearly a decade working at Cleveland Clinic hospitals in both clinical and leadership capacities.CommonSpirit Health has recruited Brady Small as CIO for its mountain region. He joins the organization from Oracle Health, where he served as a director and client-accountable executive.Pelago is pleased to welcome Frank Jennings as its president. In the past, he held executive roles at Covera Health, Doctor on Demand, and Castlight Health.Personify Health has hired Christopher Paquette as chief transformation officer and Mehran Mosbriantanha as chief information security officer.Providence has appointed Darryl Elmouchi as its next COO. He will be joining Providence from Corewell Health, where he currently serves in the COO role. Providence's current COO, Erik Wexler, will take on the CEO role on January 1 following the retirement of Providence's long-time CEO Rod Hochman.

Exits

Former Oak Street Health CEO Mike Pykosz has left his position at CVS Health. The company announced that Sree Chaguturu, CVS' chief medical officer, has stepped in to fill the role that Pykosz vacated, which is president for healthcare delivery.

Layoffs

Headspace is making the difficult decision to let go of 13% of its employees. This comes after a round of layoffs last year when 15% of the workers were laid off.Sonata Therapeutics is parting ways with its CEO Volker Herrmann and is laying off approximately 20 workers.UPMC is laying off about 100 workers, which constitutes 0.1% of its workforce. The health system is not providing details about the types of positions being affected.Westchester Medical Center Health Network is laying off about 130 employees. These layoffs, which represent less than 1% of the health system's workforce, are mainly occurring in corporate and administrative positions.