The average cost per square foot of three-story hospital construction rose from $362.69 to $419.18 from 2019 to 2023, an increase of more than 15 percent, Building Design + Construction reported April 13.
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Tower Health cuts 100 jobs
West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health is eliminating 100 full-time equivalent positions, effective immediately, as it continues to reduce costs amid financial difficulties.
29 physician specialties ranked by annual compensation
While overall physician salaries rose about 4 percent, earnings disparities remain wide between genders and between races even as some gaps are narrowing, the 2023 Medscape “Physician Compensation” report showed.
Jefferson launches AI-based symptom assessment tool
Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is partnering with digital health company Ada Health to launch an artificial intelligence-powered symptom assessment tool.
CMS rescinds rural hospital designation from Mississippi hospital days after approval
After initially approving Holly Springs, Miss.-based Alliance HealthCare System to become the first Mississippi hospital to transition to rural emergency hospital status, CMS is revoking the designation from the hospital, Mississippi Today reported Apr…
Columbia publishes '1st evidence' of link between patient safety climates, HAIs
What is being called “the first published evidence” of positive patient safety climates found to predict healthcare-associated infections and health outcomes was published April 12 in the American Journal of Infection Control.
What drives recurring UTIs in some patients
Some individuals may be more susceptible to catching recurring urinary tract infections because the infections can actually change the urinary tract lining, creating conditions that make an infected individual more prone to catching them again, finding…
The problem of stuffy hospital CEOs
Rather than pay, tenure or organization size, one determinant of hospital and health system leaders deserves outsized importance: their humanity.
Strep cases are up as amoxicillin remains scarce: How 1 pharmacist is coping
In the middle of a rising wave of strep cases and an ongoing nationwide shortage of amoxicillin that normally treats it, a Wisconsin pharmacist is finding ways to make ends meet, ABC News affiliate WKOW reported April 12.
Legacy Health reverses course, will reopen its Mount Hood maternity center, report says
Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health is to reopen its Mount Hood maternity center within the next three months following disagreements with the Oregon Health Authority over the legality of its original decision to close the Gresham, Ore.-based facility, …
