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How effective 17 strategies are for staff retention, per nurse leaders
Nurse leaders said allowing days off when necessary and listening and responding to feedback from nurses were the two most effective strategies for improving staffing at their organization, according to an American Organization for Nursing Leadership F…
UVA Community Health names chief nursing officer
Michelle Strider, BSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Community Health.
Massachusetts hospital leader retires
Tony Rinaldi, executive vice president at Great Barrington, Mass.-based Fairview Hospital, retired on Jan. 15.
California system gave $100,000 bonuses to nurses for retention. Did it work?
Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health realized it had a nurse retention problem as the system emerged from the pandemic. Like many health systems, Palomar relied on travel nurses to fill gaps as COVID-19 surged and the system felt the strain from nurs…
Intermountain names hospital president
Intermountain Health has named Megan Johnson, BSN, president of its Spanish Fork (Utah) Hospital, effective Jan. 15.
FDA clears CRISPR therapy for 2nd disease
The FDA on Jan. 16 approved Casgevy to be used as a treatment for beta-thalassemia. The move comes just over a month after the nation’s first medicine based on CRISPR gene-editing technology was approved to treat patients with sickle cell disease.
New Jersey hospital to pay $30.6M settlement for alleged Medicare fraud
Silver Lake Hospital, a long-term care hospital based in Newark, N.J., and some of its investors have agreed to pay $30.6 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act.
Look to reimbursement to ease pediatrician shortages, UChicago leader says
As healthcare staffing shortages persist, one specialty that continues to feel the scarcity is pediatrics.
Viewpoint: The trouble with C-suite 'DINOS'
At the top of a recent LinkedIn article is a cartoon: An ominous T-rex in a white coat looms over two physicians. “We’re from the C-suite,” the title reads, “and we’re here to help.”
1 Intermountain hospital's path to reducing CLABSIs by 46%
Between November 2022 and October 2023, an Intermountain Health hospital prevented 38 central line-associated bloodstream infections, equal to reducing incidences by 46%, according to Heidi Wald, MD.
