Nurses point to workplace politics as the least rewarding aspect of their job, according to Medscape’s 2022 report on nurse career satisfaction.
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South Carolina hospital adds robot dietitian
Orangeburg, S.C.-based Regional Medical Center has instituted a robot dietitian that roams the hospital to provide nutrition counseling to patients, The Times and Democrat reported Jan. 2.
Sale of 2 Pipeline Health Chicago hospitals completed
El Segundo, Calif.-based Pipeline Health System has completed the sale of two Chicago-area hospitals as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, according to a Jan. 3 Wednesday Journal report.
Study: Healthcare ransomware attacks doubled in five years
The annual number of healthcare ransomware attacks more than doubled from 2016 to 2021, threatening patient safety and outcomes, a Dec. 29 study in JAMA Health Forum found.
Nearly 270,000 patients affected by data breach at Louisiana health system
Lake Charles (La.) Memorial Health System said an October data breach affected 269,752 patients, the organization told the HHS Office of Civil Rights.
Feds seek to rescind 'conscience' rule for healthcare workers
The Biden administration has proposed to partially rescind a blocked Trump-era rule that would have withheld federal funding from hospitals that require workers to perform any service they object to, such as abortions, sterilization, contraception and …
5 CEO exits in 5 days
Five hospital and health system CEOs have exited their roles, or announced plans to do so, since Dec. 30:
One GI, US Digestive Health and more: 12 moves in Q4
Here are 12 moves from major gastroenterology groups that Becker’s has reported in the fourth quarter of 2022:
New Hampshire hospital CEO to retire
Don Caruso, MD, president and CEO of Keene, N.H.-based Cheshire Medical Center, will retire in May, The Keene Sentinel reported Jan. 3.
9 healthcare systems and hospitals and their debt levels
A number of healthcare systems, or individual hospitals, detailed their levels of debt when reporting financial results in December 2022. Here is a summary of some of them:
