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Executives take pay cut at New Mexico hospital

Leaders at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque have taken a pay cut as part of efforts to improve the organization’s financial picture. 

HCA monitors reprimanded for North Carolina operation

HCA Healthcare has been criticized for having only one oncologist on staff at its Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health operations.

MU Health Care 'in good shape' to hit $45M margin goal, CFO says

Dustin Thomas, CFO of Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care, said the health system “is in good shape” to hit its operating margin goal of $45 million at the end of June, the Colombia Missourian reported June 22.

Health system CIOs, marketing leaders to advise digital health company

Patient engagement platform Gozio Health has added four health system executives to its inaugural customer advisory board.

Southern Maine Healthcare taps associate chief nursing officer

Joy Moody, MSN, RN, has joined Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeforrd as associate chief nursing officer, according to a June 23 news release sent to Becker’s. 

'Roll out the red carpet': Novant Health's keys to an 85% nurse retention rate

When it comes to recruitment and retention, healthcare organizations must focus on experienced nurses as well as new nurses. Focus on the latter group involves preparing new graduates as they begin practice while exposing them to today’s healthcare env…

Why Providence had to 'blow up' the old way of providing care with virtual nursing

To deal with nursing shortages, Renton, Wash.-based Providence had to “blow up” the old model of hospital care, the health system’s chief nursing officer told Becker’s.

Digital health: Who's up, who's down

This week in digital health, companies raised massive fundraising hauls and senators scrutinized a large healthcare disruptor’s data collection practices.

What's happened since Roe v. Wade fell 1 year ago

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade June 24, 2022. Since then, healthcare workers have been hesitant to provide some services, hospitals in states with abortion bans struggled to hire and pharmacies navigated confusion over which products they cou…

'It's going to get worse': Experts warn of rising fungal infections

Fungal infections are on the rise — in part due to more people with compromised immune systems and deadly pathogens adapting to warmer temperatures — and physicians need to be ready, experts told The Wall Street Journal in a June 22 report.