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VillageMD's new ad compares healthcare system to a 'factory'

VillageMD launched the “New Way to Well” campaign, which aims to portray its Village Medical clinics’ holistic way of providing care as a contrast to the mainstream healthcare industry that “can feel like a factory,” according to an Aug 7 report from M…

Inaugural Cancer Moonshot Scholars to 'fight to end cancer as we know it'

Eleven newly named researchers will be the first group to embark on President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot, sharing $5.4 million in scholarships to “fight to end cancer as we know it,” according to an Aug. 3 White House news release.

Meet the leaders at ECRI's top 12 hospital supply teams

The Emergency Care Research Institute recently named 12 health systems as recipients of its supply chain award.

Altru Health cuts nursing contract labor costs by more than half

Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health, which trimmed its executive numbers to save costs earlier this year, reported significantly lower non-physician contract labor costs Aug. 8.

7 health IT job salaries, vacancies

Health systems in New York, Colorado and California have IT job vacancies that could pay more than $100,000 per year.

Elon Musk-backed Neuralink raises $280M

Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink raised $280 million in series D financing.

Ohio health system's marketing strategy? Fight back

An Ohio health system is publicly fighting back about what it says is misinformation about it being posted on social media and reported in the news.

Tampa General sued for data breach that impacted 1.2 million

Tampa General Hospital is facing a lawsuit for a May 31 data breach that impacted 1.2 million patients, WFTS Tampa Bay reported Aug. 7.  

Physicians should 'think fungus' amid rising infections, CDC expert says

Fungal infections have been on the rise since COVID-19’s inception, but public health tracking tools, tests, and data systems in the U.S. are not quite where they need to be yet, Tom Chiller, MD, CDC’s head of mycotic diseases, told Becker’s. 

Guthrie Clinic's virtual nursing saves $7M in labor costs

Sayre, Pa.-based the Guthrie Clinic’s virtual nursing program was able to reduce the health system’s reliance on travel nurses and saved the organization $7 million in labor costs, EpicShare reported Aug. 7.