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Building And Sustaining A Winning Culture In Healthcare: Lessons Learned From Harvard’s Joel Katz

Last week, Dr. Joel Katz announced that he was stepping down after 21 years leading the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School internal medicine residency program. His example offers timeless lessons on building and sustaining a high-perf…

Amid Healthcare’s Great Resignation, Burned Out Workers Are Pursuing Flexibility And Passion

The Great Resignation—the mass exodus of unsatisfied workers—has hit few industries harder than healthcare. But where are burned out healthcare workers going?

Patients Are Twice As Likely To Mistreat Women Physicians Than Men

More than 70% of the workplace mistreatment that physicians are subjected to are from patients and visitors, according to a recent finding from Boston Medical Center and Stanford University School of Medicine.

The Center For Forecasting And Outbreak Analytics Could Represent A New Era In Infectious Disease Control, But Challenges Lie Ahead

The CDC’s new Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics aims to act in a similar way to the weather forecast to guide decisions about broad public health needs. But the system will only be as effective as the data it receives.

Humana Reports $930 Million Profit As CEO Plan To Reboot Medicare Business ‘Makes Progress’

Humana profits eclipsed $930 million in the first quarter, reporting better-than-expected results in a competitive environment for its Medicare Advantage business.

Medicaid Expansion Would Only Expand Waste And Poor Care

Americans living in non-expansion states should consider themselves lucky. Expanding Medicaid would only expand the entitlement’s inefficiencies and poor health outcomes.

Northwest Health Care Company Takes Sustainability Seriously

Physician-led health care company Northwest Permanente has made a commitment to put people over profit. Through measurable improvements to its environmental and equity policies, the company is making waves in how it serves physicians and communities.

Why Pharma Should Commit To Population Health

Covid-19 is not the first pandemic to strike our society, nor will it be the last. Will this experience be enough to convince leaders to embrace a population health approach?

Appeals Court Restores Biden’s Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate

A U.S. appeals court has lifted an injunction on President Joe Biden’s mandate requiring all federal employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or face possible dismissal.

Provider Compensation In The Rural Health Clinic: Flexibility Is Key

…owing to Medicare and Medicaid All Inclusive Rates (AIR) for certified Rural Health Clinics (RHC), a pure wRVU comp model may not be tenable…