Category: ROOT

UT Southwestern highlights racial bias factors in physician assistant training

Physician assistant programs fall short of engaging Black students, according to a new study from researchers at the Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Minneapolis-based Augsburg University.

Right idea, wrong implementation: Why leadership development isn’t boosting diversity

Leadership development and mentorship programs can help organizations bolster their C-suites and improve diversity, equity and inclusion when executed correctly. But few are structured enough to see real results, according to an Oct. 6 article from Har…

Overloaded nurses to management: ‘You cannot fix it with a pizza day’

Nurse leaders are speaking out against unsafe patient ratios, according to an Oct. 7 article from nursing.com. 

Nationwide Children’s Denise Zabawski on the challenges — and advantages — of being a CIO at a children’s hospital

Being the CIO of a children’s hospital has challenges that an IT executive at a regular health system might not encounter.

Woman indicted in connection with alleged fake bomb threat against Boston Children’s

A federal grand jury has indicted a Westfield, Mass., woman in connection with a fake bomb threat made against Boston Children’s Hospital, the Justice Department announced Oct. 7.

Nationwide Children’s withheld pay for meal break even when employees worked, lawsuit alleges

A phlebotomist is accusing Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, of failure to pay employees overtime wages, according to court documents accessed by Becker’s.

How Mount Sinai’s Visiting Doctors Program is ‘humanizing’ the patient experience

Peter Gliatto, MD, director of Mount Sinai’s Visiting Doctor Program, said one of the greatest advantages to working in a home-based care program is that it gives physicians more time with patients and in turn humanizes the healthcare experience. 

Viral ‘one chip challenge’ sending kids to hospital 

The resurgence of a social media trend encouraging people to eat a chip with two of the hottest known peppers is sending some children to the hospital. 

4 new ASCs in Texas

Here are four new ASCs in Texas since Aug. 19:

Staffing, supply chain shortages cost Washington hospitals $1.75B

Washington hospitals suffered “unsustainable” losses in the first six months of 2022. If circumstances do not change, more than 50 percent of the state’s acute hospitals might file for bankruptcy by 2023’s end, according to Eric Lewis, CFO of the state…