The median hospital operating margin rose to 2% in November after holding steady at 1.6% in September and October, but escalating expenses — including rising drug costs — remain a concern as 2023 draws to a close, according to a Dec. 21 report from Syn…
A third lawsuit has been filed related to the abrupt closure of Stone Academy, a for-profit nursing school based in Connecticut. Nine students filed a federal lawsuit Dec. 26 against state officials at the Office of Higher Education and the state Depar…
Keith Biddle, chief operating officer of Point Pleasant, W.V.-based Rivers Health, will retire from the healthcare industry in mid-January.
Iowa City-based University of Iowa and UI Health Care have named Deborah Berini chief integration officer and interim chief administrative officer.
Clinicians have long adhered to 98.6 degrees as the standard, healthy human temperature, but recent research suggests it’s more commonly between 97.3 and 98.2 degrees Fahrenheit. As such, health professionals should move away from the traditional tempe…
Nurses represented by National Nurses United are set to begin a two-day strike at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Dec. 27.
Virginia plans to end funding for more than half of the community health workers employed at the state’s local health districts, VPM reported Dec. 22.
Maria Caruso is serving as the interim CFO for HCA Florida St. Petersburg Hospital.
Hackers are emailing patients of Oklahoma City, Okla.-based Integris Health and demanding $50 in Bitcoin, The Oklahoman reported Dec. 26.
Health systems recently reported financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of the year, with many making positive strides with their turnaround strategies on the back of some challenging financial years due to the COVID-19 pandemic….
