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79 best hospitals for patient experience, safety: Healthgrades
Healthgrades recognized 832 hospitals with its 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Awards and Outstanding Patient Experience Award. Only 79 of those hospitals received both awards.
Biden's $7.3 trillion budget: 16 healthcare takeaways
President Joe Biden proposed a $7.3 trillion budget March 11, including various initiatives to lower healthcare costs and an $800 million investment in hospital cybersecurity protection.
Employee with guns arrested at Cleveland Clinic's Florida campus
Police arrested a 54-year-old employee at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Gifford, Fla., March 7 after law enforcement found the individual had firearms and ammunition in his possession on the facility’s campus, local news outlets reported af…
Trinity Health names new informatics chief
Hartford, Conn.-based Trinity Health of New England has a new health informatics chief.
Illinois hospital regains trauma center designation
Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, Ill., has regained its level 2 trauma center designation after losing it on Feb. 2.
Oregon State Hospital superintendent to retire
Dolly Matteucci is retiring from the helm of Oregon State Hospital — a two-campus, 703-bed psychiatric facility based in Salem.
Ochsner Health's response to workforce shortages: 3 notes
New Orleans, La.-based Ochsner Health is not immune to the workforce shortage, but has created its own approach to triage the issue, according to the American Medical Association.
Best jobs for work-life balance: US News
Many of the 20 best jobs for work-life balance can be found in a hospital or health system, according to a Feb. 22 ranking from U.S. News & World Report.
Maryland health system names new chief health equity officer
Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System named Tiffany Wiggins, MD, vice president and chief health equity officer in early March.
Calls for national patient safety board reemerge
U.S. representatives have reintroduced bipartisan legislation to establish a National Patient Safety Board, a team that would be housed within HHS and dedicated to preventing medical errors.
