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Is healthcare ready to embrace more young nurses?

In conversations about the nursing shortage, healthcare leaders often underscore the importance of building a pipeline by stirring interest among younger generations, and getting in front of high schoolers and middle schoolers. But is the industry full…

Compensation for 10 advanced practitioner specialties

Advanced practice provider compensation has continued to trend upward across all specialties tracked, according to one new survey.

Closing rural Kansas ER looks to new operator

Atchison, Kan.-based Amberwell Health may be stepping in to operate a rural Kansas emergency department that is due to close Dec. 20, according to a KCUR/NPR report.

HSS breaks ground on $70M Florida facility

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery, one of the most renowned orthopedic care systems in the world, has broken ground on an 80,000-square-foot facility in Florida.

How healthcare is tackling clinician burnout

In an online survey conducted by HealthDay-Harris Poll, almost 63% of physicians and nurses across the nation reported experiencing a moderate or significant level of burnout in their workplace. To combat this, healthcare organizations have been making…

Patients potentially exposed to infection at Massachusetts hospital

Salem (Mass.) Hospital is notifying some patients who may have been exposed to infection as a result of the improper administration of an intravenous medicine, Boston 25 News reported Nov. 15.

Former Care New England CEO publishes book about cancer diagnosis

About a year after retiring as the CEO of Providence, R.I.-based Care New England Health System, James Fanale, MD, is sharing his story of a stage 4 cancer diagnosis and the power of empathy in medicine, The Boston Globe reported Nov. 13. 

American Heart Association removes race from heart disease risk calculator

The American Heart Association plans to unveil a new heart disease risk calculator where race is no longer considered a factor. 

Sarasota Memorial breaks ground on 7-story pavilion

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital broke ground on a seven-story, 200,000-square-foot outpatient cancer care pavilion.

Allegheny Health Network is planning a new hospital

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network plans to build a new full-service hospital to replace its existing Canonsburg (Pa.) Hospital.