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OxyContin advertiser to pay $350M in first-ever opioid marketing settlement
A French advertising company that worked on Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin account agreed to pay $350 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of falsely marketing opioids as safe and unable to be abused.
Children's hospital takes IT systems offline after 'cybersecurity matter'
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago said it took its IT systems offline as it deals with a “cybersecurity matter.”
AdventHealth hired 7,000 nurses in 2 years. What happened next?
AdventHealth needed nurses post-pandemic. Quickly.
Potential buyer steps forward for HSHS hospitals facing closure
A Wisconsin independent physician network has reached out to Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System hoping to purchase some of its hospital properties in Wisconsin.
The elective procedure more men are seeking out
More men are seeking cosmetic leg-lengthening procedures to boost their height, ABC News reported Feb. 2.
Providence to repay, forgive $157.8M in patient debt
Renton, Wash.-based Providence will provide $157.8 million in refunds and debt relief to low-income patients as part of an agreement with the Washington State Office of the Attorney General stemming from a lawsuit filed against the system two years ago.
Why Providence created its own ChatGPT
Renton, Wash.-based Providence didn’t want to ban ChatGPT and force employees to use it on their personal computers, unmonitored. So the health system created its own version.
How NYC Health + Hospitals doubled new nurse retention
When Natalia Cineas, DNP, RN, joined NYC Health + Hospitals as senior vice president and chief nurse executive in 2019, her first major initiative was scaling the system’s nurse residency program. Five years later, the program has grown to six times it…
Why Northwell never bought into the 'Great Resignation'
The “Great Resignation,” referring to the mass exodus of workers recorded at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, was a prominent narrative across industries, including healthcare. However, Maxine Carrington, senior vice president and chief people o…
U of Chicago Medical Center lays off 180 workers
University of Chicago Medical Center has laid off about 180 employees, or less than 2% of its roughly 13,000-person workforce.
