Affiliated Physicians has been tasked with administering New York City's monkeypox vaccines, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Florida, Massachusetts, and New York.

• Florida: Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital on Tuesday named Amit Bansal as its new chief quality officer and assistant VP. Most recently, Bansal served at Geisinger Health System as division chief of hospital medicine for the central region and physician advisor. "Dr. Bansal's experience in leading medical teams in the provision of high-quality care for patients is outstanding," said Thibaut van Marcke, president of Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital and SVP of Orlando Health southeast region. "We are pleased that he has joined Orlando Health and welcome him to our hospital family." (Gleeson, Becker's Hospital Review, 7/12)

• Massachusetts: Agios Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday announced that Jackie Fouse is stepping down as CEO and will remain with the company as its new board chairperson. She is succeeded by Brian Goff, who has 30 years of experience in the drug industry. Most recently, Goff served as the chief commercial and global operations executive of Alexion Pharmaceuticals. According to Agios, the management reorganization is part of its strategic approach to strengthen the company's future by gearing toward the development of drugs that treat genetically defined diseases. "I view this as a terrific opportunity for me to take on a different role but stay in the Agios team after what's been a very eventful three and a half years," Fouse said. (Feuerstein, STAT News, 7/12)

• New York: New York City tapped Affiliated Physicians to take over its monkeypox vaccination effort after MedRite—the program's original contractor—mishandled appointment scheduling. Last week, MedRite's online portal went down after experiencing technical difficulties. Around 2,400 New Yorkers were able to make appointments for the 6,000 available doses. While officials claim they planned to make a limited portion of the doses available last week, they never publicly announced their plans before the website went down. Last month, New Yorkers who tried to book an appointment during the city's initial vaccine rollout also experienced issues with MedRite when its online system failed to record some patients' appointment information. Affiliated Physicians took over for MedRite after the city began taking appointments for monkeypox vaccines Tuesday. Due to high demand, the city on Tuesday made an additional 1,250 online appointments available to eligible residents. (Rosenberg, Politico, 7/12)