On Nov. 1, the new U.S. Pharmacopoeia standards on sterile and nonsterile compounding will be implemented. Here’s what leaders need to know about USP 795 and USP 797:
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How much money physicians need to be considered 'wealthy' in these 12 major cities
The average American needs a net worth of $2.2 million to be considered “wealthy,” according to a June 15 report from CNBC. Currently, about 40 percent of physicians have a net worth of over $2 million.
10 GI groups growing in 2023
Here are 10 gastroenterology groups who have grown their footprint so far in 2023:
Snooping security guards access medical records at Washington hospital
Several security guards from Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital inappropriately used the hospital’s EHR system to obtain access to medical records of 419 patients.
How IT leaders are trying to solve the EHR documentation burden
Hospitals and health systems have been working to alleviate administrative burdens, including EHR documentation, for their clinicians to give them more time back at the bedside with patients and to help reduce their “pajama time” — time spent on answer…
2nd Ascension hospital in Kansas authorizes strike
Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, have voted to authorize a strike at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph hospital in Wichita, Kan.
Walgreens taps clinical trial partner as CVS shutters trial business
Walgreens is partnering with medtech company Freenome to advance clinical trials of Freenome’s blood tests for early cancer detection.
5 former health system leaders joining digital health companies
The post-COVID-19 rise in digital health has given health system leaders new opportunities in health IT outside the hospital.
'I wasn't sure there would ever be a place for me': How Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld went from outsider to AMA president
When Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, attended his first American Medical Association meeting in 2001 as a medical student, he couldn’t shake the feeling that as a gay man in medicine his options in the profession might be limited.
Physician viewpoint: Don't abandon hospital mask policies, make them strategic
Physicians from Harvard Medical School, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston published a dissenting opinion in the New England Medical Journal on the widespread removal of mask policies in medical settings ac…
