The Association of University Registered Nurses — which is the local Oregon Nurses Association chapter — has reached a tentative labor contract with management at Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University.
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FDA panel votes against controversial ALS drug candidate
FDA advisers on Sept. 27 voted against recommending an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease.
FDA updates Ozempic label to mention intestinal blockage side effect
The label for Novo Nordisk’s weight loss drug Ozempic now acknowledges some users’ reports of ileus, or intestinal blockage.
More than 9M Ozempic, GLP-1 prescriptions written in Q4 2022
In the last three months of 2022, physicians signed more than 9 million prescriptions for obesity drug Saxenda and two diabetes medications, Ozempic and Mounjaro, according to a report by Trilliant Health, a data analytics company.
Louisiana system beats FTC's challenge over 3-hospital acquisition
A New Orleans federal judge has ruled that LCMC Health sought the correct state approvals for its $150 million acquisition of three Tulane University hospitals from Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare in January, according to nola.com.
Hospital margins at 1.4% in August as outpatient volumes increase
Hospital median operating margins rose to 1.4 percent in August, the sixth straight month of positive results, Syntellis said in its latest monthly benchmark report.
How COVID-19 raises risk for heart attacks, strokes
Researchers from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine determined a link between COVID-19 infections and heart complications, according to a Sept. 28 news release.
Cerner in the last 30 days
Oracle Cerner, the nation’s second-largest EHR vendor by hospital market share, continues to make big moves. Here are seven reported by Becker’s in the last 30 days.
'Harder than the pandemic by far': Hospital president testifies before Congress on cyberattack
A hospital leader told Congress that a 2021 ransomware attack it experienced was “harder than the pandemic, by far.”
Where long-term care is succeeding, failing, per AARP
Minnesota and Washington were ranked top in the country for long-term care, thanks to strong support for family caregivers and access to many healthcare providers and long-term care setting options, an AARP report found.
