Members of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, AFT Local 5017, could lose their employer-paid health insurance subsidy if their planned strike occurs and carries into November, hospital administrators warned Oct. 17.
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NewYork-Presbyterian Queens gets new chief of cardiothoracic surgery
Iosif Gulkarov, MD, has been selected to be the new chief of cardiothoracic surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian in Queens, N.Y., according to an Oct. 17 news release.
Washington hospitals sue state over charity care law
The Washington Hospital Association filed a lawsuit Oct. 16 against the state over the state’s health department’s change in interpretation of a long-standing charity care law. According to the lawsuit, hospitals statewide are required to provide chari…
Cleveland Clinic to centralize all US osteoarthritis clinical trials with new center
Cleveland Clinic in partnership with the Arthritis Foundation will soon develop the largest repository in the country for osteoarthritis clinical trials, housed in a new Osteoarthritis Imaging Center, according to an Oct. 16 news release.
Cuban's Cost Plus partners with Alto Pharmacy to expand access
San Francisco-based Alto Pharmacy, will now accept Team Cuban Cards from Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., members, according to an Oct. 16 news release.
Christus hospital to close residency program
Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, plans to close its emergency medicine residency program, which will end after its current residents graduate in 2026.
Mercy pursuing dozens of use cases for AI
St. Louis-based Mercy said numerous uses for AI will be launched in 2024, The Oklahoman reported Oct. 17.
Data breach at vendor could affect MUSC Health
MUSC Health, based in Charleston, S.C., said patients’ protected health information may have been compromised as its research support and services provider, Westat, was caught in the massive MOVEit hack.
South faces growing threat of yellow fever resurgence, experts say
The spread of mosquito-transmitted viruses is accelerating in the Southern U.S., stirring concerns about the potential return of yellow fever, two infectious disease experts wrote in an Oct. 14 article for The New England Journal of Medicine.
100+ patients sue former Brigham and Women's physician accused of sexual assault
More than 100 plaintiffs have joined four separate lawsuits against Derrick Todd, MD, a former rheumatologist at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital accused of performing inappropriate pelvic and breast exams on patients, The Boston Globe reporte…
