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Jefferson budgets for $80M loss this year

Joseph Cacchione, MD, CEO of Jefferson Health, told the audience at the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Healthcare CEO Summit that the system expects to end the 2023 fiscal year with an $80 million loss as labor and supply costs continue to increase. B…

Top 10 best states for physicians

Montana is the best state for physicians, according to personal finance website WalletHub. 

15 best, worst states for physicians in 2023

Montana, South Dakota and Idaho are the top three places for physicians to practice in the U.S., according to a WalletHub ranking published March 20. The worst places to practice this year are Hawaii, Rhode Island and Alaska. 

Nuance, Microsoft bet big on GPT for healthcare

Nuance Communications, a software and conversational artificial intelligence company owned by Microsoft, launched Dragon Ambient Experience Express, a clinical documentation application that uses OpenAI’s newest model, GPT-4.

Top 10 worst states for physicians

Hawaii is the worst state for physicians, according to personal finance website WalletHub. 

Quest Diagnostics acquires Northern Light lab in Maine

Quest Diagnostics has acquired select assets of Northern Light Laboratory, the outreach lab services business of Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health.

Northwell picks Epic in EHR switch

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is moving from Allscripts to Epic Systems.  

Staffing, strict abortion laws lead Idaho hospital to end obstetrics services

A combination of a loss of pediatricians, changing demographics and some of the strictest abortion laws in the country is forcing Sandpoint, Idaho-based Bonner General Hospital to stop delivering babies, the hospital said in a news release.

Mass General Brigham physicians look to unionize

Medical residents and fellows at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham are preparing to organize a housestaff union.

Physicians and their bosses don't see eye to eye on retirement

A new survey finds physicians have different expectations and reasons for retirement than their administrators assume.