More than 150 physicians went on strike May 22 at NYC Health + Hospitals’ Elmhurst Hospital Center, a union spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. The planned five-day walkout represents the first physician strike at a New York City hospital since 1990.
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Fresno, Calif.-based Community Regional Medical Center was fined $78,750 by the state after a cancer patient died following a surgery in which a foreign object was left inside the individual. It is the second time the facility has been fined for leavin…
Researchers from the University of California San Francisco found that 21 percent of oncology physicians left patient care in the last seven years.
Spokane, Wash.-based Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center said it has a projected $35 million budget deficit due largely in part to its troubled Cerner EHR system, which in turn is forcing the hospital to cut staff, The Spokesman-Review reported May 21.&n…
Healthcare job cuts are up 83 percent in the first four months of 2023 compared to the same time last year. These are five health systems reporting executive job cuts during that period:
Amazon continues to recruit staff to fulfill its healthcare ambitions in areas like virtual care, the pharmacy and a “special” medical device project. Here are eight jobs the tech giant is hiring for now:
A Maine resident died from Powassan virus, a rare tick-borne disease, the state’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention said May 17.
St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare, a 14-hospital system, reported $59.5 million in operating income for the quarter ending March 31 on improved revenue of $1.72 billion.
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., will meet May 22 as negotiations resume around reaching a debt-ceiling deal that could pass both the House and Senate by the end of the month, according to The Wall Street Journal.
