A number of physicians and clinicians were running for office in the Nov. 8 midterm elections this year. Five won their races or are predicted to as ballots continue to be counted nationwide.
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Cybergroups targeting the healthcare sector
HHS, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the FBI have urged healthcare organizations to take certain actions to protect their systems from hacker groups who have been known to create cyberespionage campaigns aimed at exfiltrating …
Rare heart inflammation risk may be higher after Moderna COVID vaccine: study
Canadian researchers found the rate of rare heart inflammation was twofold to threefold higher after receipt of the Moderna vaccine compared with Pfizer, according to an article published on the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy’s website.
COVID-19 deaths down 90% since February: WHO
COVID-19 deaths have fallen significantly over the last nine months, but the world must remain vigilant as new subvariants spread, the World Health Organization’s top official said Nov. 9.
Kettering Health CFO named interim CEO
Kettering (Ohio) Health, a 14-hospital system, has appointed CFO Michael Mewhirter as interim CEO.
Americans must work 504 hours to cover typical hospital stay
Workers making the average American salary of $26.22 an hour need to work 504 hours to cover the cost of a typical 4.6-day hospital stay, according to an Oct. 17 report from the personal finance site ValuePenguin.
Corewell Health to launch nurse apprentice program
Corewell Health, which has dual headquarters in Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich., will launch the state’s first nurse apprentice program in 2023, the organization said Nov. 5.
UNC Health opens applications for $50K innovation awards
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine’s Center for Health Innovation has opened up applications for its Innovation Pilot Awards, a contest that awards $50,000 to four innovators who create new models of care, digital health, dev…
Amwell posts a net loss of $70.6M in Q3
Amwell reported a total revenue of $69.2 million in the third quarter of 2022, up 11 percent from $62.2 million in the third quarter of 2021.
3 GI management services organization updates in the last 30 days
From One GI’s Ohio expansion to its Iterative Scopes partnership, here are three gastroenterology management services organization updates since Oct. 13.
