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Hawaii opens 1st-of-its-kind clinic in high school
Hawaii has unveiled the first high school-based clinic in the country, Hawaii News Now reported April 11.
New York hospital physician fired after maternal, infant deaths
A physician was fired, and NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull was placed in immediate jeopardy, following two patient deaths in the hospital’s maternity ward, The New York Times reported April 11.
SSM Health market president heads to Dignity Health
Katherine Vergos, RN, was selected president of Dignity Health’s Las Vegas market and president and CEO of the Siena Hospital Campus in Henderson, Nev.
ProMedica partnership eliminating $222M in medical debt
Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica is partnering with RIP Medical Debt to relieve $222 million in medical debt for more than 108,000 patients.
Average physician compensation, by region
Physicians in West North Central states such as Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota reported the highest earning compensation last year, while physicians in Mid-Atlantic states such as New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania reported the lowest…
29 physician specialties ranked by annual compensation
On average, U.S. physicians’ total annual compensation grew by about 3% from 2022 ($352,000) to 2023 ($363,000), with specialized physicians earning more than $100,000 higher on average than primary care physicians.
Memorial Hermann says physician altered patient records, closed 2 transplant programs as a result
Houston-based Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center told The New York Times J. Steve Bynon Jr., MD, a transplant surgeon and head of the system’s abdominal transplant program, admitted to altering patient records, which led to denied care and the recen…
Advocate's 'thoughtful' approach to data
Advocate Health formed as a merger between Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium and Chicago and Wisconsin-based Advocate Health Care in 2022, and the IT team has spent the last year integrating systems.
96% of hospitals share website data: Study
Ninety-six percent of non-federal acute care hospitals’ websites share user data with third-parties, an April 11 study published in JAMA Network Open found.
Tennessee hospital weighs lease agreement
The board of trustees at Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tenn., has unanimously approved a lease agreement with West Tennessee Healthcare: a public medical group with more than 90 locations across Missouri and Tennessee.
