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AMA honors 72 health systems for promoting healthcare worker well-being

The American Medical Association honored 72 organizations for their efforts to promote the well-being of healthcare workers and reduce physician burnout. The organization unveiled the list in an Oct. 3 news release as recipients of the 2023 Joy in Medi…

3 highest-paying healthcare jobs in 30 US cities

In a number of U.S. cities, physicians are among the highest-paid jobs across all industries. But regardless of specialty, their pay differs drastically from one city to another, according to a recent series of analyses from Zippia. 

Kentucky health system plans Indiana hospital

Edgewood, Ky.-based St. Elizabeth Healthcare is building a new $125 million hospital in Greendale, Ind., local radio station 99.3FM reported Oct. 3. 

The bottleneck that keeps beds tied up

Massachusetts hospitals are struggling to discharge patients in a timely manner, leading to a bottleneck that costs hospitals, The Boston Globe reported Oct. 2.

An ideal place to improve patient experience, per 1 leader

Hospitals should look at patient discharges as a primary place to improve patient experience, Fred Pelzman, MD, medical director of New York City-based Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates, said in an opinion piece published Oct. 2 in Medpage Tod…

California's COVID-19 misinformation law is dead

A California law that allowed regulators to discipline physicians for spreading misinformation related to COVID-19 has been repealed, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Oct. 2. 

Commit to going 'all in': Advice from a CFO-turned-CEO

When a CFO decides they want to become a CEO, they must commit to that path, said David Cauble, CEO of Klamath Falls, Ore.-based Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Ascension vs. Trinity vs. CommonSpirit: How the big 3 compare financially

St. Louis-based Ascension, Chicago-based CommonSpirit and Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health are the three largest Catholic nonprofit healthcare systems in the country, operating a total of 370 hospitals.

Florida system taps exec to lead 10,550 nurses

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System named Patricia “Trish” Shucoski, DNP, RN, to be its next chief nursing executive, effective in December. 

Pfizer's Hospira recalls local anesthetics

Hospira, a New York City-based Pfizer company, recalled two lots of lidocaine and one lot of sodium bicarbonate because vials could contain glass particles.