Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita, Kan., have voted to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United.
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PeaceHealth hospital taps chief medical officer
PeaceHealth’s Northwest network appointed Lorna Gober, MD, chief medical officer.
UWHealth: Positive strep throat tests doubled from 2022
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s State Laboratory of Hygiene found the rate of positive strep throat tests has doubled since last year, NBC affiliate WTMJ reported March 8.
Viewpoint: Why physicians are turning to side hustles
The world of medicine is changing, and more physicians are turning to side hustles as an outlet and safety net, Peter Kim, MD, an anesthesiologist who started a blog to help other physicians start side businesses, wrote March 9.
46% public health workers left their jobs in last 5 years
A recent study found nearly half of all U.S. public health workers in state and local agencies left their jobs in the last five years.
FDA warns of cancer development in breast implant scars
The FDA is warning of squamous cell carcinoma in scar tissue that forms around breast implants.
University of Maryland removed from top medical schools of 2023 list
Baltimore-based University of Maryland has been removed from U.S. News and World Report’s list of top medical schools for primary care in 2023.
Summit Health opens 3rd urology ASC in New Jersey
Summit Health has opened its third ASC focused on urology in New Jersey, the Center for Advanced Surgical Excellence, according to a March 9 report from roi-nj.com.
The pandemic widened the rural-urban telehealth divide, VA finds
Fifty-five percent of VA patients in rural areas used telemedicine during the pandemic compared to 60 percent of patients in urban areas, according to a March 7 study published in JAMA Open Network.
CoxHealth medical group makes 4 leadership changes
Cox Medical Group, a subsidiary of Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth, has made several leadership changes to support the health system’s new operating model around key service lines — such as cardiovascular services, orthopedics and primary care, accord…
