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The chief medical officer at New Hampshire Hospital is planning to step down at the beginning of 2017, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeffrey Meyers announced Monday afternoon. Dr. David Folks, who also works for Dartmouth-Hitchcock, has been the top doctor at the state psychiatric hospital for the last eight years. The state did not immediately indicate why Folks was leaving. (McDermott, 9/19)

Following the recent news of layoffs at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, New Hampshire Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Folks announced he is leaving the hospital in January. Folks has been chief medical officer at the state psychiatric hospital since 2008 and is a Dartmouth-Hitchcock employee. “Dartmouth-Hitchcock will immediately undertake a process to identify a new Chief Medical Officer before Dr. Folks leaves in four months,” said Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeff Meyers in a statement Monday. (Nilsena nd Morris, 9/19)

Allina Health and its striking nurses challenged each other's staying power on Monday as the nurses' walkout reached its third week without a deal — or further talks — in sight. Allina reported that more than 500 of the 4,800 union nurses have called to say they want to return to work at the five affected hospitals. Meanwhile, the union said it received a report that an intensive care unit closed at Allina's flagship hospital, Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis, amid turnover in replacement nurses. (Olson, 9/19)

Tony Tersigni, CEO of the nation’s largest nonprofit health system, is setting out to make Ascension a household name across the United States. Despite its size and influence, few consumers know Ascension by name — even in the St. Louis area where the Catholic health system is based and employs nearly 1,000 individuals. That’s why Ascension is launching a major rebranding campaign, starting Tuesday, that will eventually place the Ascension name on thousands of its health care facilities. (Liss, 9/20)