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6 clinical leaders on hospital accreditation visit prep: Act now, don't react later 

Hospital clinical leaders know the value of accreditation, whether from The Joint Commission or another organization. They know a commitment to meeting standards and emphasizing a consistent approach to care is essential to achieving desired ratings an…

Employee engagement sees sustained drops for 1st time in 10 years: Gallup

Fewer than one-third of U.S. employees are engaged at work, according to a new Gallup report. This marks the second consecutive year the measure has dropped, falling from 36 percent in 2020 to 32 percent in 2022. 

What hospitals can expect from labor costs in 2023

Health systems will continue to see increased rising permanent labor costs for the next 12 months while contract labor trends down, according to a report from Moody’s Investment Service Healthcare Quarterly report.

NY hospital swerves nurse’s overtime lawsuit

Syracuse, N.Y.-based St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center and Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health System dodged a class action lawsuit alleging they failed to properly pay employees for overtime hours, according to court documents.

Cleveland Clinic bills for less than 1% of weekly MyChart messages

Cleveland Clinic began billing patients for electronic messages through Epic’s MyChart patient portal in November. Since then, it has charged fees for responses to less than 1 percent of the 110,000 weekly emails its providers received, The New York Ti…

'Predator in a white coat': Former physician convicted of sex abuse

Robert Hadden, former New York City gynecologist, was convicted of four counts of enticing his former patients into the state to engage in illegal sexual activity, The New York Times reported Jan. 24.

3 reasons why physicians aren't specializing in infectious diseases

The U.S. is facing a dire shortage of infectious disease specialists and some experts point to a complex web of issues that currently face the specialty as drivers of the shortage, Fox News reported Jan. 25.

Depressed, burned-out nurse practitioners shy away from getting mental healthcare: Report

Depression is prevalent among nurse practitioners, but these burned out professionals are reluctant to reach out for mental healthcare — instead choosing to embrace “maladaptive” personal coping skills including drinking and binge eating, according to …

Depressed, burned-out nurse practitioners shy away from getting mental healthcare: Report

Depression is prevalent among nurse practitioners, but these burned out professionals are reluctant to reach out for mental healthcare — instead choosing to embrace “maladaptive” personal coping skills including drinking and binge eating, according to …

Teen opioid deaths continue to rise, but buprenorphine prescriptions decline by 45%: CDC 

Despite the increase in adolescent and teen opioid-related deaths, the dispensing rate of buprenorphine decreased by 45 percent between 2015 and 2020 in individuals younger than 19, according to a study published Jan. 24 in Pediatrics.