Three of the largest health systems in Oregon have sued the state over failure to provide adequate care for mentally ill patients, according to a Sept. 28 report from The Oregonian/Oregon Live.
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California physician to pay $2.3M for illegal drug distribution
Santa Ana, Calif.-based physician Mohammed El-Nachef, MD, pleaded guilty to defrauding California’s Medi-Cal system by prescribing medically unnecessary drugs to more than 1,000 patients, The Telegraph reported Sept. 28.
What Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug win means
Biogen and Tokyo-based pharmaceutical company Eisai’s Alzheimer’s drug, which recently scored a win in a phase 3 trial by slowing cognitive decline by 27 percent among mild disease patients, has the potential to reverse the course of Alzheimer’s resear…
Managers struggling most with hybrid work: Gallup
While U.S. hybrid employees are in various roles within companies, managers are struggling the most with this working model, Gallup finds.
MaineHealth hospital names VP of human resources
Kate Harrigan was selected as human resources director of Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway, Maine, part of Portland-based MaineHealth.
Smoking has cost US economy $891B: American Cancer Society
Smoking cost the U.S. economy $436.7 billion in 2020, according to a Sept. 28 report from the American Cancer Society.
6 chief human resources officers on the move
Here are six hospital and health system chief human resources officer moves that have been reported by Becker’s this year.
362 statistics on nursing compensation | 2022
With nursing shortages not going away anytime soon, it’s important to look at how nursing compensation has evolved.
51% of physicians believe substance, opioid misuse among colleagues increased during the COVID-19 pandemic
Fifty-one percent of physicians believe that opioid and substance misuse among other physicians increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Medscape’s 2022 “Substance and Opioid Abuse Report.”
Sinai Hospital begins $50M ER expansion
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore has broken ground on a $50 million expansion project that will double its emergency department.
