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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.
UMass Memorial, Milford advance alliance
Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center and Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health have signed a definitive agreement for their affiliation.
13 major health systems partner with high schools in $250M Bloomberg initiative
Health systems and public schools are partnering in 10 urban and rural communities for a first-of-its-kind initiative funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies that will graduate students directly into high-demand healthcare jobs.
New cancer diagnoses set to hit a new high in 2024: American Cancer Society
The expected increase in new cancer diagnoses this year is record-setting, even as overall cancer mortality is expected to continue its decline, the American Cancer Society said in its latest report.
