Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, Ore., saw a spike in central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2022 and 2023 — the same period of time a nurse at the hospital was allegedly replacing an unconfirmed number of patients’ fentanyl …
Craig Jesiolowski, president of Methuen, Mass.-based Holy Family Hospital, part of Dallas, Texas-based Steward Health Care, is exiting his role after more than seven years, WHAV reported Jan. 19.
The Joint Commission has updated guidelines for emergency management and ambulatory care, which will become effective July 1.
The CDC has rejected findings from Ohio State University researchers that the JN.1 coronavirus variant is more severe than previous strains.
Becker’s reported seven hospital and health system executive departures since Jan. 16:
Chicago-based Foresight Health has torn up its plan to reopen Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County as a critical access hospital, the Cardinal News reported Jan. 23
Teladoc Health, one of the country’s largest telehealth providers, cut some jobs earlier in January.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said modern healthcare is “just kind of nutty” and future generations will look back on this time wondering what we were thinking, Fortune reported.
Physicians said increasing compensation and adding support staff were the two workplace initiatives that would most effectively reduce burnout, according to a Jan. 24 Medscape report.
Becker’s has reported on five health systems that have opted to outsource finance jobs or other revenue cycle functions since Oct. 4:
