About 85 nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants at Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth have filed a petition seeking to vote on whether to join the Union of American Physicians and Dentists.
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How tech, common sense can improve ED satisfaction, operations
The emergency department is the most common point of entry for people who need care, yet long wait times often also make it the center of hospital patient dissatisfaction.
Google, Microsoft face off in AI healthcare race
Tech giants Google and Microsoft are continuing their push into the healthcare industry: integrating generative artificial intelligence into their clinician-geared products and services.
How GNC became the newest healthcare disruptor
GNC is the latest healthcare disruptor, with the health supplement retailer rolling out a yearly healthcare subscription service offering free telehealth appointments and generic medications.
Hospital salary, wage growth slowed to 7% in Q1
Salary and wage expenses for nonprofit hospitals increased significantly in the last few years as the pandemic forced hospitals to rely more on expensive contracted labor and boost pay to keep up with inflation.
CVS Health marketing chief exits for GM
CVS Health’s chief marketing officer, Norm de Greve, is leaving the company for a role at General Motors.
Advertised salaries, vacancies for 50 healthcare jobs
Job search engine Adzuna released new research July 18 highlighting healthcare jobs and their average advertised salaries and vacancies as of June 2023.
Health systems switching EHRs due to mergers
Here are the hospitals and health systems that are implementing new EHR systems or extending EHR systems to other facilities due to mergers or acquisitions:
4 new health system CIO appointments
Four recent health system and hospital chief information officer moves Becker’s has covered since July 6:
NYT podcast details patients' pain after nurse swapped fentanyl for saline
A newly released podcast from The New York Times delves into the story of how a nurse’s tampering with pain medication led to an estimated hundreds of women undergoing painful egg retrieval procedures at the Yale Fertility Center.
