Arizona voters will decide on a ballot measure designed to reduce interest rates on medical debt and prevent bankruptcies, The Arizona Republic reported Oct. 10.
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FDA approves 1st whooping cough vaccine for use in pregnancy to protect newborns
The FDA approved the first whooping cough vaccine to be administered in pregnant people in their third trimester to prevent the infection among infants younger than 2 months old.
Arizona law protects confidential peer-support group for physicians
An Arizona house bill that recently became law allows the Arizona Medical Association to run a confidential peer-support physician wellness program, the American Medical Association reported Oct. 7.
New study sees lower-than-expected risk reduction from colonoscopies
A study in The New England Journal of Medicine found the risk reduction for those who were invited to receive a colonoscopy screening compared those who did not to be just 18 percent — but those who actually underwent the procedure saw larger reduction…
5 systems seeking chief quality officers
Below are five hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking chief quality officers.
Viewpoint: Patient flow is key to achieving health equity
Streamlining patient flow would not only improve patient care and reduce costs, but is also focal to achieving health equity, wrote Eugene Litvak, PhD, Mark Smith, MD, and Harvey FiIneberg, MD, PhD, for The Hill Oct. 7.
40% of Americans not honest about COVID-19, use of precautions, survey says
Nearly half of U.S. adults reported misrepresentation and/or nonadherence regarding public health measures against COVID-19.
Nebraska hospital transitioning to Meditech EHR
Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance, Neb., recently completed a Meditech mock live drill as it transitions to the EHR vendor.
7 hospitals seeking CEOs
Here are seven hospitals that recently posted job listings seeking CEOs.
1 in 3 physicians have considered early retirement: Report
Thirty-six percent of physicians have considered early retirement in the last year, according to “Back From Burnout: Confronting the Post-pandemic Physician Turnover Crisis”,” an October report from the Medical Group Management Association and Jackson …
