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Viewpoint: Healthcare is overrun with 'middlemen, actors and sub-actors'

Healthcare is increasingly inundated with “middlemen, actors and sub-actors” — companies devoted to niche causes that promise to fill perceived gaps in the healthcare system, according to Sachin Jain, MD, president and CEO of SCAN Group and SCAN Health…

Physician contracts are changing

Shorter contracts, noncompete agreements and increased emphasis on value-based components are among the shifts occurring in physician contracts as hospitals and medical groups build recruitment pipelines and offer incentives to retain physicians. 

Can AI replace your job? Where physicians, nurses rank

Healthcare is increasingly pivoting toward artificial intelligence, with industry professionals adding AI skills to their profiles at 12 times the national average, according to LinkedIn.

Can AI replace your job? Where physicians, nurses rank

Healthcare is increasingly pivoting toward artificial intelligence, with industry professionals adding AI skills to their profiles at 12 times the national average, according to LinkedIn.

As Hilary hits West, California hospital floods

Patient care areas were not affected after a California hospital’s emergency department flooded because of Tropical Storm Hilary, according to local reports. 

Bankruptcy court approves Adventist's hospital purchase

The court overseeing Montebello, Calif.-based Beverly Community Hospital’s bankruptcy case has approved an asset purchase agreement with Adventist Health White Memorial. 

Mayo Clinic still under investigation as another system enters Minnesota AG's crosshairs

The Minnesota attorney general’s office has launched an investigation into the billing practices of Minneapolis-based Allina Health, joining an investigation launched late last year into Rochester-based Mayo Clinic’s practices. 

3 Google healthcare job openings

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are three open positions as of July 21:

States take on 'doctor' title debate

Several states are taking on the debate of whether to prevent nonphysicians from using the doctor title, but nurse practitioners with doctorates are pushing back, The Washington Post reported Aug. 20.

New York hospital reinstates masks 1 month after ending mandate

Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital has restored its universal mask mandate only a month after officially ending the policy, ABC affiliate WSYR reported Aug. 18.