While COVID-19 cases have been falling for more than 10 consecutive weeks, modeling from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic suggests this trend will reverse over the next few weeks.
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Tennessee outpatient center opens
Vanderbilt Health Pleasant View (Tenn.), an outpatient facility run by Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center staff, is now open.
Pharmacists can now administer monkeypox vaccine, HHS says
Five months after the U.S. first detected a monkeypox outbreak, and as health departments struggle to find enough supply of the world’s only-approved monkeypox vaccine to meet the demand, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra signed a declaration Sept. 30 …
Hospital leaders meet at White House to talk ‘twindemic’ strategies
Federal health officials held a meeting with leaders from 10 health systems and groups on Sept. 29 to discuss mitigation strategies ahead of a likely COVID-19 surge and severe flu season this fall.
Trinity Health reports $1.4B annual loss
Higher labor costs put pressure on Trinity Health’s margins in fiscal year 2022, according to financial documents released Sept. 30.
Walgreens to use robots for prescription fulfillment amid staff shortages
Walgreens Boots Alliance plans to use automation to combat its ongoing nationwide staff shortage, the Washington Street Journal reported Oct. 2.
Congress extends 2 rural healthcare programs
Congress extended two rural healthcare programs Sept. 30, just one day before they were set to expire.
Tenet executive chair resigns
Tenet Healthcare Executive Chair Ronald Rittenmeyer resigned Oct. 1 due to personal health reasons, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
U of Michigan to invest $273M in nursing compensation
Members of the Michigan Nurses Association have approved a four-year contract with Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health that includes a $273 million compensation package.
Allen County Regional installs Epic EHR system
Iola, Kan.-based Allen County Regional Hospital installed its new Epic EHR system Oct. 1.
