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Healthcare executives defend vacation time

Several years ago, Sachin Jain, MD, decided to take a two-week vacation. He received a call from his boss that he still thinks about to this day, Dr. Jain — now the president and CEO of SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan — wrote in a Sept. 23 LinkedIn pos…

Pediatric cancer drugs in short supply

As the supply of two staple cancer drugs rebounds after months of scarcity, two medications used in pediatric cancer patients have fallen into shortage, NBC News reported Sept. 25. 

Alabama system names chief of staff

Medical staff members at Opelika-based East Alabama Health have voted J. Gary Bridges, DO, their next chief of staff. 

Missouri AG sues healthcare provider over gender-affirming care

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is accusing a St. Louis-based healthcare provider of violating state consumer protection law by giving puberty blockers to minors without a comprehensive mental health assessment. 

Shuttered Illinois hospital CEO blames closure on bank

St. Margaret’s Health CEO Tim Muntz blamed the June closure of St. Margaret’s Health Spring Valley (Ill.) on Spring Valley City Bank, Shaw Local News Network reported Sept. 25.

Pfizer restarts production at North Carolina plant hit by tornado

Production has resumed at Pfizer’s 1.4 million square foot manufacturing plant that was damaged in July by a tornado, the company announced Sept. 25.

The $355M cost of attrition, disengagement: McKinsey

Employee disengagement and attrition is a multimillion-dollar problem for high-performing companies, according to a Sept. 11 report from McKinsey & Co. 

Costco bets big on healthcare — what it means for hospitals

Hospital officials told Becker’s they don’t view Costco’s entrance into healthcare as a threat to their business but as an opportunity for expanded care to reach new patients. 

Texas offering $4.5M for rural emergency hospitals

Texas has earmarked $4.5 million in grant opportunities for four hospitals in the state that converted to the new rural emergency hospital designation earlier this year. 

Advocate hospital lowers 1st year nurse turnover to 10%

Nationally, 32.8 percent of first-year nurses leave hospitals within a year of employment, according to 2023 data from NSI Nursing Solutions. At an Advocate hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill., that rate is about 10 percent.