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Prospect Medical Holdings gets strict deadline for Crozer Health sale

Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings is required to inform potential buyers that its Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health is for sale under a recent agreement approval, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Feb. 1.

Healthcare jobs' strong month in 8 numbers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest jobs report, published Feb. 2, indicating employment gains in several areas of healthcare, including hospitals.

A look at Oracle Health's leadership switch-ups

Since Oracle got into the EHR business with its acquisition of Cerner in 2022, it has made several leadership changes as to who will be overseeing its operations. 

Hospitals work to end stigma on med-surg nursing

While hospitals and health systems have seen improvements in nurse turnover and recruitment since the height of the pandemic, many continue to have a particularly hard time staffing medical-surgical units. 

Mass General physicians consider return to Steward

After Mass General Brigham pulled physicians out of two Steward hospital campuses in late January, the Somerville, Mass.-based system might send them back once surgical equipment is restocked, a spokesperson confirmed with Becker’s. 

Boston Children's Hospital launches app for new Apple headset

Boston Children’s Hospital has launched an app for the new Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset that went on sale Feb. 2.

Yale-New Haven physician exec heads to Lifespan

Babar Khokhar, MD, was named executive vice president and chief physician officer of Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan.

OxyContin advertiser to pay $350M in first-ever opioid marketing settlement

A French advertising company that worked on Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin account agreed to pay $350 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of falsely marketing opioids as safe and unable to be abused.

Children's hospital takes IT systems offline after 'cybersecurity matter'

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago said it took its IT systems offline as it deals with a “cybersecurity matter.”

AdventHealth hired 7,000 nurses in 2 years. What happened next?

AdventHealth needed nurses post-pandemic. Quickly.