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Children’s Hospital New Orleans to build $10M enrichment center

Children’s Hospital New Orleans is building a $10 million enrichment center featuring an aquarium and animal encounters among other amenities, nola.com reported Oct. 23.

American Academy of Nursing honors Cedars-Sinai CNO with lifetime legacy award

Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN, Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai chief nursing officer emeritus was selected to receive the 2022 Lifetime Legacy Award from the American Academy of Nursing.

HHS awards $21 million to 13 hospitals to fight emerging special pathogens

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response awarded $21 million to 13 healthcare facilities to help fight against special pathogens, like COVID-19. 

Ivermectin doesn’t accelerate COVID-19 recovery, study suggests

A study of more than 1,500 adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 infections found ivermectin did not significantly shorten illness duration when compared to a placebo.

5 Mass General Brigham updates ASC leaders need to know

From a new ASC in New Hampshire to a controversial expansion, here are five updates about Boston-based Mass General Brigham Becker’s has reported on this year. 

CHIME names 2022 ‘Most Wired’ hospitals and health systems

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives has recognized 18 hospitals as achieving level 10 status in its 2022 “Digital Health Most Wired” program.

10 hospitals seeking CFOs

Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CFOs.

Mayo Clinic ranked No. 1 institution for commercializing new technologies

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic was named the top research institution for spinning off new technologies, according to economic think tank Heartland Forward, in a list that included several other health systems and hospitals.

4 leadership qualities that can reduce staff burnout

Changing the environment that physicians and medical staff work in can have a major impact on reducing burnout, according to an Oct. 14 report from the American Medical Association. 

US low on amoxicillin

The antibiotic amoxicillin is in short supply among at least three drugmakers, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and Bloomberg.