Nurses at Legacy Emanuel, Randall Children’s Hospital, and Good Samaritan Hospital, all part of Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health, have voted to join the Oregon Nurses Association.
Adrian Talbot, MD, a physician in Slidell, La., was sentenced Feb. 5 to 87 months in prison for conspiring to illegally distribute Schedule II substances and defrauding federal healthcare benefit programs.
As the cost of managing an independent practice increases alongside consolidation throughout healthcare, four physicians joined Becker’s to forecast the outlook for private practice in 2025.
Mandy Eaton, PhD, will become president and CEO of Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health April 1, succeeding Ed Curtis, who is retiring after a 50-year career with the organization.
Cleveland-based University Hospitals is investing $3 million in a multi-family housing development aimed at providing affordable rents as part of its community health strategy.
While some physicians prefer the autonomy of working in private practice, working with a major health system, especially an academic one, can afford several opportunities to specialists.