Category: ROOT

10 least expensive states for physicians to live in

Mississippi is the least expensive state to live in, according to a Nov. 1 report from Forbes. 

Mercy forms partnership to design hospital-at-home program

St. Louis-based Mercy is partnering with tech-focused at-home care company Maribel Health to develop new at-home care programs, including a hospital-at-home program.

Researchers say 70% of gender pay gap is immeasurable

As a gender pay gap persists in the U.S., researchers have mostly been unable to definitively determine the primary contributing variables to the disparities, Fortune reported March 14. 

Most burned out specialty sees record number of unmatched residency positions

Residency match results are rolling in for 2023, and an unprecedented number of emergency medicine positions — 555 — are unfilled. 

5 cities with the most, fewest primary care providers

Nearly 78 percent of primary care physicians practice in urban regions, and because of the uneven geographic distribution of the healthcare workforce in general, many patients struggle to access primary care at all, according to the Agency for Healthca…

New York hospital integrates new physician assignment tool with Epic EHR

Rochester, N.Y.-based UR Medicine Highland Hospital is integrating Medaptus’ physician assignment software Assign into its Epic EHR system. 

Viewpoint: Proposed bills targeting hospitals will have 'massive unintended consequences' 

Hospitals will likely be forced to reduce or eliminate services and could even have to close their doors if proposed legislation going through the Indiana state legislature passes, according to board directors at Indianapolis-based Franciscan Health.

Hospital-at-home company co-founded by former Geisinger, Mission Health exec gets $25M led by General Catalyst

Venture capital firm General Catalyst is leading a $25 million series A funding round for a home health company co-founded by the former chief innovation officer of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger.

HCA's 5 highest-earning executives

In 2022, one of HCA Healthcare’s highest-earning executives was also its newest. 

Mayo Clinic considers development of avian flu test, monitors potential of human outbreak

While acknowledging the risk of a human-to-human outbreak of avian flu is currently low, Matthew Binnicker, PhD, director of clinical virology at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, isn’t taking any chances.