Category: ROOT

NewYork-Presbyterian CXO Rick Evans: Improving healthcare access is really about culture change and trust

Last week, I had the opportunity to speak at the Dreamforce Conference in San Francisco. It was a valuable chance to learn about what organizations are doing across the country to improve the experience for their customers. I shared the journey that Ne…

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.