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RN annual median average pay in 16 specialties
AMGA’s Nursing Specialty Compensation and Pay Practices Survey, released May 8, includes annual median average total compensation for 16 different registered nurse specialties.
Best Buy lands new health system partner
Best Buy Health has partnered with another health system on in-home care.
Mass General Brigham posts $30M operating income in Q2
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham posted an operating income of $29.7 million (0.6% operating margin) in the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, up from a $6 million loss (-0.1% operating margin) posted during the same period last year, acco…
WHO shares guidance on catheter-related bloodstream infections
The World Health Organization is aiming to reduce the global prevalence of catheter-related bloodstream infections via a new guidance released May 9.
UVM Health hospital president to oversee two facilities
Bob Ortmyer has been named president and COO of both Middlebury, Vt.-based Porter Medical Center and Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital, part of Burlington, Vt.-based UVM Health.
1 in 8 adults have taken a GLP-1: 5 notes
One in 8, or 12% of adults said they have taken GLP-1s and 6% of adults said they currently take the drugs, KFF Health reported May 10.
Hospitals to get cybersecurity mandates
The Biden administration plans to introduce cybersecurity mandates for hospitals that would be accompanied by free training for smaller facilities, Bloomberg reported.
Drug resistant infections reported after stem cell treatments in Mexico
Three people have contracted Mycobacterium abscessus after receiving stem cell treatments in Mexico, according to a May 9 report issued by the CDC.
Geisinger rehab hospital names CEO
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital appointed Brian Mann CEO.
Harris Health breaks ground on $1.6B hospital
Bellaire, Texas-based Harris Health has broken ground at the Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital campus in Houston on its $1.6 billion Northeast Houston Hospital.
