Category: ROOT

Voters to decide on $25/hour minimum wage for some healthcare workers in 2 California cities

Measures establishing a $25 minimum hourly wage for workers at private healthcare facilities will be placed before voters in two California cities.

4 nurses making headlines on and off the job

Here are four nurses who have made headlines for their leadership efforts on and off the job since Sept. 19: 

FDA clears Medtronic gastrointestinal bleeding solution

Medtronic received FDA clearance for its gastrointestinal bleeding solution, Nexpowder. 

Lawmakers to OU Health: $39M contingent on gender health cuts

Oklahoma City-based OU Health will cut “some” gender medicine services after state lawmakers threatened to withhold funding, ABC affiliate KOCO reported Sept. 27. 

Peer comparison linked to increased physician burnout: study

Physicians who are compared to one another report lower job satisfaction and higher levels of burnout, according to a Sept. 28 research brief in UCLA’s Anderson Review. 

3 top execs out at Olive

Three top executives are out at healthcare automation firm Olive, a company spokesperson told Becker’s.

AdventHealth using ‘mission control’ center to improve care coordination metrics

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is using a command center it calls “mission control” to improve its care coordination metrics, according to a Sept. 19 article from the health system.

Waiting on medical student loan forgiveness? 6 things to know about the process

The Biden administration announced a $20,000-per-individual student loan forgiveness program that will apply to around 8 million students nationwide. Here are six things to know about medical student loan forgiveness, according to a Sept. 27 report fro…

ModMed launches tool to help ophthalmologists maintain reputations

ModMed launched a new marketing service, AMP, that is designed to help ophthalmologists protect their online brand and reputation. 

Dickson Medical Associates breaks ground on Tennessee ASC

Dickson (Tenn.) Medical Associates has broken ground on a new ASC on Dickson’s campus, the Dickson Post reported Sept. 28.