AMN Healthcare’s 2024 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives,” report named nurse practitioners as the most in-demand medical professionals of 2023 and 2024.
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Silver Cross taps new chief nursing officer
Karen Gallagher, MSN, RN, has joined Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Ill., as vice president and chief nursing officer.
Biden Cancer Moonshot to tackle pediatric drug shortages
As part of its Cancer Moonshot initiative, the Biden administration will launch a private sector pilot program by the end of the year to address pediatric cancer drug shortages.
How MD Anderson enhances transfusion safety
Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center’s hemovigilance unit was born from a blood transfusion-related event that led to a patient’s death in 2019. Kimberly Klein, MD, medical director of the unit, presented operational insights from the program at the…
New care model lowers length of stay, boosts retention at Providence
Amid an influx of patients and extreme occupational burnout, Providence’s Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas, piloted a virtual nursing model in 2021. Years later, the system has proven the model’s value as it garners retention, length-of-stay a…
PeaceHealth names hospital chief administrative officer
Sarah Cook, DNP, RN, was named chief administrative officer of PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center in Alaska, effective Oct. 28.
Walgreens conducts layoffs
Walgreens is laying off 256 employees from its support center as part of a strategy to realign its focus on core retail pharmacy services, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s in an emailed statement.
Missouri hospital names interim president
Mosaic Medical Center-Maryville (Mo.) has appointed an interim president following the resignation of Nate Blackford.
USPI inks deal with California orthopedic group
Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Tenet Healthcare’s ASC arm, has inked a deal with San Diego, Calif.-based Synergy Orthopedics, according to an Oct. 29 third quarter earnings call.
USPI inks deal with California orthopedic group
Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Tenet Healthcare’s ASC arm, has inked a deal with San Diego, Calif.-based Synergy Orthopedics, according to an Oct. 29 third quarter earnings call.
