Mayo Clinic is considering pulling billions in investments from Minnesota over two bills related to nurse staffing levels and healthcare costs, the Minnesota Reformer reported.
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CDC head to depart
Rochelle Walensky, MD, is exiting her role as director of the CDC at the end of June.
Online trends are leaving children hospitalized. Where do physicians fit in?
The dangers posed by social media trends have sparked renewed attention among the healthcare community in recent months — but risky online challenges are nothing new.
Kaiser posts $233M operating profit in Q1, health plan adds 120,000 members
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente reported $233 million in operating income for the first quarter, up from a $72 million operating loss in the first quarter of 2022. Its operating margin grew from -0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2022 to 0.9 …
HCA Healthcare's chief HR officer on caring for healthcare employees
Jennifer Berres, HCA Healthcare’s chief human resources officer, joined the system in late 2019, just months before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While many healthcare executives at the time were charged with quickly figuring out how to best prot…
New Mexico hospital to join Christus Health
Alamogordo, N.M.-based Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to join Irving, Texas-based Christus Health.
ASC Administrator of the Week: Cathy McCue
Cathy McCue, MSN, RN, administrator of Uropartners Surgery Center in Des Plaines, Ill., is Becker’s ASC Administrator of the Week.
Family of man killed in golf cart accident pursues claims against Atrium hospital
The family of Gary York Kirkman, the patient killed in an April 14 golf cart accident at Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, plans to take legal action against the hospital.
Nebraska hospital CEO resigns
Tanya Sharp has resigned as CEO of Boone County Health Center in Albion, Neb.
'It'll change the future of pediatric healthcare': How a NASA-inspired hub can improve care at a Missouri hospital
Children’s Mercy Kansas City (Mo.) is the first freestanding pediatric hospital to open a NASA-inspired “mission-control” center that tracks patients from admission to discharge, reduces clinician administrative burden and centralizes hospital operatio…
