A Cleveland Clinic trial found the salt intake of heart failure patients may not be as harmful as previously thought.
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ED boarding times hit unsafe levels when hospitals face capacity strain: study
During the first year of the pandemic, emergency department patients who were awaiting to be admitted were held in the ED for a median of 6.58 hours, exceeding the four-hour period recommended by The Joint Commission, according to findings published Se…
Physician’s license suspended after performing unauthorized cosmetic surgeries at ASC
Burien, Wash.-based family practice physician and cosmetic surgeon Kristine Brecht, MD, had her license suspended after she was caught performing plastic surgeries she had been ordered to stop performing, local NBC affiliate KING5 reported Sept. 30.
10 most, least expensive cities
San Jose, Calif., is the most expensive major city in the U.S. for 2022, according to an Oct. 3 report from CNBC.
Looming Atlanta Medical Center closure poses risks to other safety net hospitals
The closure of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center could start a chain reaction for struggling state safety net hospitals, Georgia Public Broadcasting reported Oct. 13.
More companies are naming ‘chief metaverse officers’
One in 4 people will spend at least an hour a day in the metaverse in a few years, management consulting company Gartner Inc. recently told Bloomberg. In light of that trend, many companies are adding chief metaverse officers to their C-suites, Essence…
California law holds physicians accountable for COVID misinformation
On Sept. 30, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that could revoke the licenses of physicians who spread COVID-19 misinformation.
3 types of meetings and how to run them
COVID-19 has “broken” meetings, but defining their purposes might improve their productivity, according to a Sept. 29 Harvard Business Review article.
6 steps leaders should take to prepare workers for a possible recession
Leaders should react to the looming recession by zeroing in on their workforce, not just their workplace, according to a recent article from the employee experience platform Great Place to Work.
5 federal healthcare updates
Here are five federal healthcare updates on vaccines, monkeypox and more that Becker’s has reported on since Sept. 27:
