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Jackson Health System creates marketing fellowship program

Miami-based Jackson Health System has created its first fellowship program for healthcare marketing and communications jobs.

Financially distressed health systems offer new market growth opportunities

Financially troubled health systems will likely be at the forefront of M&A activity this year as macroeconomic conditions, payer pressures, the wind-down of the OOVID-19 public health emergency and investment losses put many hospitals and health system…

Union seeks to reopen contract talks for 78,000 healthcare workers

Citing worker burnout and other challenges, a union seeks to reopen its master contract with 90 hospitals and nursing homes in the New York City area early, Politico reported March 2. 

Hospitals should prepare for a financially 'challenging' 2023, Northwell CFO says

Michele Cusack, CFO of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, recently spoke with Becker’s and offered her insights on the downward financial trends facing U.S. hospitals outlined in Kaufman Hall’s “National Flash Hospital Report.”

Nobody's happy with physician pay

It’s easy to see why physicians are unhappy with their pay.

Making cancer a chronic disease, not a 'death sentence': Miami Cancer Institute CEO Dr. Michael Zinner on the future of cancer care

Michael Zinner, MD, CEO and executive medical director of Miami Cancer Institute and Baptist Health Cancer Care in Miami, spoke with Becker’s about managing burnout, things he wishes he learned sooner and the outlook for cancer care. 

Nemours Children's gets $78M donation for sickle cell, cancer care

Nemours Children’s Health, a system operating in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, has received a $78 million donation from the Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation of Wilmington, Del., to fund research programs and advance clinical care for canc…

15,000 HCA workers begin contract bargaining

A total of 15,000 nurses and other healthcare workers at HCA Healthcare-owned hospitals in Florida and Nevada have started bargaining to negotiate new contracts, their union announced March 2. 

What specialty has the highest caseload?

the healthcare workforce lost 333,942 providers in 2021. The ongoing shortage of health professionals has put more pressure on physicians who remain in practice. 

Hybrid flu, COVID-19 shots won't be ready this fall: FDA

A single vaccine that protects against both COVID-19 and flu will not be ready ahead of the next virus season, a top FDA official said March 1.