The average weekly travel nurse pay in July in the U.S. was $2,447.83, down from $2,677.19 in the same month in 2022, according to a report from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.
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At $633,000, this physician specialty has the highest starting salary
Orthopedic surgeons are offered the highest average starting salary ($633,000) among physicians, according to AMN Healthcare’s “2023 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives,” released July 24.
Dana-Farber cancer center nurses vote to strike
While still in contract negotiations, registered nurses at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Merrimack Valley in Methuen, Mass., voted 33 to 1 to authorize a one-day strike, the Massachusetts Nurses Association said in an NBC Boston report.
Top 5 patient portals, per KLAS
Hospitals’ “digital front door” strategy continues into post-care, with patient portals being used more and more by providers and patients alike.
AdventHealth hospitals make 3 clinical leadership changes
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth made clinical leadership changes at several of its hospitals this week.
How UNC Health uses an internal version of ChatGPT to streamline daily tasks
AVA, standing for AI virtual assistant, is UNC Health’s internal version of ChatGPT that is hosted within the health system’s own secure environment.
How Cleveland Clinic is making quantum computing a reality
Cleveland Clinic and its IBM-managed quantum computer are taking on the task of exploring how quantum computing can optimize healthcare’s complex systems and drug discovery and seeing if it can provide more accuracy than AI models.
Viewpoint: How US healthcare system affects physicians' moral wellbeing
Moral injury is a phrase rooted in war history used to describe how soldiers would justify difficult actions taken during combat, but Lisa Doggett, MD, realized she and other medical professionals were experiencing a similar feeling related to patient …
Why synthetic data isn't ready for healthcare
Healthcare has been slow to adopt synthetic data because it’s expensive and hard to mimic actual patient information, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 2.
Bellin Gundersen Health CFO resigns
Gerald Oetzel, CFO of the recently combined Wisconsin-based Bellin Gundersen Health system, has resigned from his position, effective Sept. 29.
