With a new year comes new goals, resolutions and aspirations for leaders across the nation. Chief nursing officers are facing many crises and priorities in the new year, from staff shortages to burnouts to a fake nursing degree scheme.
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Nebraska Methodist faces lawsuit over pension plan
Omaha-based Nebraska Methodist Health is facing a lawsuit from three former employees who claim the system violated pension law with excess fees and poor scrutiny of its 401(k) performance, according to a Feb. 3 Pensions & Investments report.
Amazon posts $2.7B loss: What ASCs need to know
Amazon reported its first unprofitable report in nine years with a loss of $2.7 billion for 2022.
3 $25M+ ASCs unveiled in the last week
In the last week, Becker’s has reported on three ASC projects each costing more than $25 million.
2 deaths spur recall of 19.7M drug delivery devices
Minneapolis-based Smiths Medical recalled nearly 20 million medical devices after two deaths, 25 injuries and 10,672 incidents were reported, the FDA said Feb. 2.
Washington hospital facing possible legal action for closure of maternity unit
The Washington Department of Health is considering legal action against Astria Toppenish (Wash.) Hospital, as the state believes the hospital’s closure of its maternity ward is a violation of the hospital’s certificate of need, the Yakima Herald-Republ…
US' wealthiest healthcare leaders: Who is starting 2023 in the top 10?
Thomas Frist Jr., MD, is the wealthiest healthcare leader in the U.S. at the start of 2023, according to Forbes’ real-time net worth tracker.
Department of Defense grants $200K for heart research
The Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis has received a $200,000 grant from the Department of Defense to study a common congenital heart defect in babies.
Flu positivity falls to 2%: 6 notes
Just 2 percent of more than 69,000 specimens tested for influenza at clinical laboratories in the U.S. were positive for the week ending Jan. 28, according to the CDC’s latest FluView report. During the height of the flu outbreak in early December, the…
48 recent hospital, health system executive moves
The following hospital and health system executive moves have been reported by Becker’s on or after Jan. 30:
