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Hospitals work to end stigma on med-surg nursing
While hospitals and health systems have seen improvements in nurse turnover and recruitment since the height of the pandemic, many continue to have a particularly hard time staffing medical-surgical units.
Mass General physicians consider return to Steward
After Mass General Brigham pulled physicians out of two Steward hospital campuses in late January, the Somerville, Mass.-based system might send them back once surgical equipment is restocked, a spokesperson confirmed with Becker’s.
Boston Children's Hospital launches app for new Apple headset
Boston Children’s Hospital has launched an app for the new Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset that went on sale Feb. 2.
Yale-New Haven physician exec heads to Lifespan
Babar Khokhar, MD, was named executive vice president and chief physician officer of Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan.
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.
