As Google looks to get employees back into the office, it will expand its suite of on-site wellness centers in 2024, HR Brew reported Oct. 2.
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How 'elbow time' can give clinicians a voice: Advocate CNO
Chief Nursing Officer Giancarlo Lyle-Edrosolo, DNP, RN, often scrubs in on procedures and rounds with the 3,000-plus clinicians and physicians he leads at Advocate Christ Medical Center.
The wealthiest people in healthcare, per the Forbes 400
The names in the latest edition of the Forbes 400, which ranks the wealthiest Americans of the year, are worth $4.5 trillion in aggregate. Eleven are tied to the healthcare industry.
CDC taps Verily for wastewater surveillance
Verily, the healthcare unit of parent company Alphabet, has won its first CDC contract to support national wastewater monitoring, the company said Oct. 2.
AstraZeneca pays $425M to settle heartburn drug lawsuits
Biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to pay $425 million to settle product liability suits over two heartburn drugs, Prilosec and Nexium, according to an Oct. 3 news release.
'Quiet thriving' a positive spin on 'quiet quitting'
The phrase “quiet quitting” — referring to a phenomenon in which employees reduce their enthusiasm at work and stick to the minimum expectations of their role — gained traction on social media and in the news in 2022, and continues to be referenced tod…
Medicaid DSH cuts delayed by Congress' stopgap funding bill
Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital cuts are delayed for the duration of a continuing resolution passed by Congress to fund the government through Nov. 17, according to the American Hospital Association.
Man accused of attacking nurse was already facing hospital assault charge
A Rhode Island man who is accused of attacking a nurse was already facing an assault charge from a different incident at another medical center, CBS affiliate WPRI reported Oct. 2.
Same raise as last year? Don't bank on it
Workers anticipating merit raises equal to their last may be disappointed in the year ahead as companies look to scale back after years of increases throughout the pandemic, Bloomberg reports.
Virginia denies HCA's proposal for new $234M hospital
The Virginia State Health Commissioner shut down HCA Healthcare’s proposal to build a $234 million hospital in Hanover County, Va., Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Oct. 3.
