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Physician pay by age 

Medscape laid out physician compensation stats for physicians under 40 in its “Young Physician Compensation Report 2022.”

How an Arizona medical center is accessing historical patient data

Safford, Ariz.-based Mount Graham Regional Medical Center has partnered with healthcare data management company BridgeHead Software to get easier access to patient data as well as sunset its legacy applications. 

Workers secure raises: Where, how much and when

Nurses and other workers at hospitals and health systems have secured large raises recently amid contract negotiations with unions. Others have secured raises through minimum wage increases. Below is a breakdown of the raises, as reported by Becker’s s…

Why Apple isn't competing in the primary care market

Apple isn’t entering the primary care arena like other retail disruptors such as Amazon, CVS and Optum, instead the company is focusing on how to keep patients healthier through data, according to a Feb. 17 report from the American Hospital Association…

Pennsylvania system taps yearslong lab supplier

West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health is looking to strengthen its laboratory supply chain with a new partnership with Quest Diagnostics, the two companies said Feb. 16. 

An independent ASC's solution to cutting operating costs

As healthcare increasingly consolidates, smaller ASCs are having trouble meeting margins. 

High Point selects Epic for dental service

Pacific Dental Services and High Point (N.C.) University are partnerting to expand the use of the Epic EHR system to the university’s dental school and associated dental practices.

52 top hospitals for bariatric surgery by state, per Healthgrades

Healthgrades has awarded 52 hospitals with the Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award, which recognizes hospitals that provide outstanding results in bariatric, or weight loss, surgery.

Illinois students develop machine-learning anesthesia recovery system

Students at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine in Urbana have developed a machine-learning system to assist patient recoveries following anesthesia. 

App aims to spot signs of heart failure with speech patterns

Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center developed an app that can detect potential heart failure through analysis of speech patterns, The Lantern reported Feb. 20.