Questions have emerged about Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health’s gender-affirming care policies and practices after a May 18 report from KUER, an NPR member station, detailed two cases of patients who claim to have been preparing for transition…
The New York State Department of Health has started the process of repealing its COVID-19 vaccine requirement for workers at regulated healthcare facilities, the agency announced May 24.
About 20 percent of gastroenterologists have had their income impacted by nonphysician practitioners this year, according to Medscape’s 2023 “Gastroenterologist Compensation Report,” published on May 24.
A former anesthesia tech at HonorHealth Scottsdale (Ariz.) Shea Medical Center has been charged with poisoning a coffee belonging to someone working in the operating room, CBS5 reported May 24.
More than 35,000 physicians became board certified in 2022 — a 3.7 percent increase from the year prior — totaling a record 975,000 physicians nationwide who are now certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties.
St. Paul, Minn.-based Gillette Children’s is using artificial intelligence technology to automate its scheduling, pre-visit registration, appointment reminders and clinical intake forms.
Workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, Calif., have authorized their second strike in a matter of months.
Tech nonprofit Dollar For has gotten 40-plus hospitals to make their charity care policies more patient-friendly, Fast Company reported May 24.
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine revealed operating income of $160.4 million in its reporting period ending March 31. The seven-hospital system reported positive operating income in the past five years in the May 24 filing.
Wallowa Memorial Hospital in Enterprise, Ore., has named Dan Grigg its next CEO, The Observer reported May 24.
