Many final-year residents have said they are both underpaid and underappreciated for the sheer volume of work they are expected to do within what some termed a “brutal” healthcare system.
Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios span the West Coast as more states have signed related legislation. Meanwhile, other states continue to consider the issue.
Since 2012, Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has retained 93.8 percent of its first-year nurses, and its nurse turnover rate is hree times better than the national rate.
The chief operating officer role — despite being in a period of flux this year — is still a strong springboard to the helm, according to a recent report from Crist Kolder Associates.
Digital healthcare company Tendo is acquiring MDsave, an online healthcare marketplace, for $150 million, Philadelphia Business Journal reported Sept. 27.
Big tech giant NVIDIA helped launch Invenio, a medtech company using artificial intelligence to allow clinicians to evaluate biopsies in the operating room, through an NVIDIA-sponsored program that helps startups evolve faster.