Between two types of local anesthetics, there are 132 in short supply and 13 available, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Clinical leaders across the country know employee burnout, medication shortages and respiratory infections, among a wealth of other challenges, have created the not-so-perfect storm in hospitals.
Ascension Ventures, the venture capital arm of St. Louis-based Ascension, has invested in hospitality technology company HotelRunner as part of a $6.5 million series A funding round.
Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System has seen its credit rating downgraded as a result of operational challenges resulting from labor pressure as well as from disruption related to the implementation of a new IT system.
The weekly rate of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus peaked in early December, new CDC data shows.
Financial and clinical challenges will ensure merger and acquisition activity remains strong in the healthcare sector in 2023, building on the momentum of last year, KaufmanHall said in a Jan. 12 report.
Resident physicians at Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health’s four San Francisco California Pacific Medical Center locations have signed cards in support of joining the Committee of Interns and Residents, the union confirmed to Becker’s Jan. 18.