Eighty percent of healthcare workers surveyed in Massachusetts said their leadership does not support them, according to a study published June 8 in the Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice.
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CFO resigns at Atlanta-based home and hospice care company
David Afshar has resigned as CFO of home and hospice care company Aveanna Healthcare, the company said June 15.
Men die of drug overdoses 2 to 3 times more than women: Mount Sinai study
Almost 107,000 people in the United States died in 2021 from a drug overdose, and the vast majority of those deaths were men, according to a Mount Sinai study published June 15 in Neuropsychopharmacology.
Duke Health marketing chief hops over to Oregon State
Rob Odom, vice president and chief marketing and communications officer of Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System, has been named to a similar role at Corvallis-based Oregon State University.
Indiana nurse charged with stealing patients' medication
An Indiana nurse is accused of injecting herself with pain medications prescribed to patients at Community Hospital Anderson, the Star Press reported June 14.
Idaho nurse practitioner to pay $75K in fraud case
Rachel Peay-Goodman, MSN, RN, a nurse practitioner in Idaho, was found civilly liable for unlawfully prescribed controlled substances and submitted a false claim to Medicare.
40% of ulcerative colitis patients in clinical trial reached remission with Abbvie drug
A 52-week phase 3 clinical trial of Skyrizi, or risankizumab — a drug initially approved to treat Crohn’s disease, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis — was shown to also achieve clinical remission in 40 percent of patients with ulcerative colitis, Abbvi…
UC San Diego Health rolls out GPT-4 to EHRs
A limited number of physicians at UC San Diego Health now have the option to draft responses to patient messages using ChatGPT.
3rd-party breach affects 500 Henry Ford Health patients
An unauthorized party has gained access to Detroit-based Henry Ford Health’s cloud storage, which is hosted by its software vendor, Mscripts, JDSupra reported June 14.
Connecticut Eye Consultants building sold for $15M
A 40,000-square-foot medical office building in Danbury, Conn., has sold for $15 million, according to a June 15 report from the NewsTimes.
